It looks like the best and the brightest have
sown dragon's teeth – again. While the experts continue to cautiously debate
the effects of prolonged staring at various screens, Silicon Valley execs have
apparently seen the writing on the wall. If the NYT is to be believed, many are
in panic over the effects of the technology they have unleashed on their own
children. So they have taken to hiring nannies whose chief obligation is to
not use any digital device while on duty – and keep their charges similarly
unplugged. A time of reckoning, if there is one – pointing to a future when it
will take tons of money to give kids a shot at healthy physical and mental
growth. Why is so hard to not say, "I told you so"?
