No the primary answer is "teenagers do what other teenagers do". Remember we are advanced apes no more no less.

There is this curious word "influencer" which everyone uses but few ever think about what it really means.

Writers are part of the world they live in.

Take Dune. After the third book it gets weird. But Herbert was a white man in the 1970s- ofcourse the books become degenerate and druggie.

China? Say what you will about the CCP they have the balls to jail and execute anyone who is perceived to stand in their way. Kids spending too much time on TikTok and not doing homework is a danger to the mission of making China number one.

Considering what the world looked like before democracy I wager the "tyranny" is worth it.

But all these rich people want to go back to a time when they could impregnate their 14 year old housekeeper.

Yeah the whole "justice is blind" turns out to be propaganda that allows the poors to cope.

The danger is turning into a gerontocracy.

Given the plummeting birth rates, that may be inevitable.

Can't help but feel this sounds like coping. When your country doesn't have a pension system, people don't save for retirement and politicians want to interfere with social care you get the infamous "Walmart door greater".

EncroChat was illegal because it was targeted at drug dealers, advertised for use in drug dealing. And they got evidence by texting "My associate got busted dealing drugs. Can you wipe his device?" and it was wiped. There's an actual knowledge component which is very important here.

Nobody wants to ban AI they want to regulate it. Which is what we do with all new technology.

To paraphrase "your tech bros were so preoccupied with whether or not they could they never considered if they should"

The Ukrainian war is actually very funny when you realise it was the Chinese who basically invented drones...