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“My kids know more about technology than I do.”
Your kids knowing more about a tool doesn't make them wiser about what the tool does to them. Speed with a device is not the same as understanding its consequences. They can navigate the interface — you can navigate the world. The gap isn't knowledge. It's context. And context is exactly what they need from you.
Your Practice
Ask your kid to teach you one thing about technology today. Then ask them one question they can't answer: who owns the data? Where does it go? Who profits from their attention? You're not behind. You're the only one in the room asking the right questions.
The Architects
“Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.”
— Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Chapter 1 ("Economy"), 1854