Moral Panic hits Social Gaming
Seems that the inevitable moral panic that comes with every new media is turning it’s ugly gaze at Social Gaming.
Here’s some newly minted "experts" explaining why our children are, once again, doomed.
You’d think they’d know better than to suggest unverifiable causality, but:
‘It is hard to see how living this way on a daily basis will not result in brains, or rather minds, different from those of previous generations,’ she said.
She pointed out that autistic people, who usually find it hard to communicate, were particularly comfortable using computers.
‘Of course, we do not know whether the current increase in autism is due more to increased awareness and diagnosis of autism, or whether it can – if there is a true increase – be in any way linked to an increased prevalence among people of spending time in screen relationships. Surely it is a point worth considering,’ she added.
I believe it was the ancient sage, James Tiberius Kirk, that once said "Too much of anything, even love, isn’t necessarily a good thing."
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