The variability is crazy this year too. North Europe is having 30º C mid days and 12º evenings which is very unusual and obviously not great for people and infrastructure.

Clearly you argue in bad faith so I won’t bother engaging so maybe next time!

How is single use defined here? Because some places do “single use is anything below 5nm thickness” and you uusy end up with more plastic.

Edit: seems anything above 30 microns is still legal which basically means only cling wrap and similar. Shopping bags on avg are 50 microns or so.

Maybe that’s the only way US will ever get a third party. I’m not an American but I do think american politics system would be significantly stronger even with a minority 3rd party. Can you imagine how powerful US would be with a diverse parlament that has true competition of ideas not just partisan voting? That’s true “checks and balances”.

and I’m saying that we can fix it in better ways. What now?

my point was exactly that it’s not a black and white issue while you argue that it is.

says you lol I guess we’re finally in some form of agreement. Have a good day :)

Did you at least read the abstract lmao

Emerging scientific evidence indicates that frequent digital technology use has a significant impact—both negative and positive—on brain function and behavior. Potential harmful effects of extensive screen time and technology use include heightened attention-deficit symptoms, impaired emotional and social intelligence, technology addiction, social isolation, impaired brain development, and disrupted sleep. However, various apps, videogames, and other online tools may benefit brain health. Functional imaging scans show that internet-naive older adults who learn to search online show significant increases in brain neural activity during simulated internet searches. Certain computer programs and videogames may improve memory, multitasking skills, fluid intelligence, and other cognitive abilities. Some apps and digital tools offer mental health interventions providing self-management, monitoring, skills training, and other interventions that may improve mood and behavior. Additional research on the positive and negative brain health effects of technology is needed to elucidate mecha

Not convinced by this argument and surely there would still better way to address this.

What a poor defeatist attitude.

And a computer makes that harder or easier? I’m not convinced.

Source because thats reeks of Bible belt house mom science lmao

Its just a computer. If you don’t have temperance to handle it then that can be taught to 90% of people.

But we know for a fact that prohibition is a weak tool that almost never works. So whats your point?

Your argument premise is flawed as phone is beyond “just a distraction”. Why not remove all other students and chairs and windows - they’re all distractions!

I’m not sure why I even bother commenting here on lemmy when people are so small minded and can’t contribute to discussions without taking the most reductionist view. We’re not deciding policy here but just discussion what should be an interesting and engaging topic.

The article clearly says this is ban is beyond just classes.

There’s much more to schools than just focus in classes.

But is focus the end goal? Im of belief that smartphones and computers in general in inseparable part of our contemporary existence and instead of prohibition some alternative methods would be much more effective like special software restrictions etc.

It’s so blatant as if theyre using an instruction manual or something 🤔

Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. As long as European institutions remain strong it can correct for bad temporaryleadership, as soon as you weaken these institutions the correction becomes harder and more expensive.

It still baffles me how people manage to justify China’s position on Russia. Sure it’s “geopolitics” but if you take a look at domestic propaganda in China itself it’s certainly much more than that.

Check out videos of what Ukrainians deal with while living in China - its down right disgusting how brainwashed Chinese are equating Zelenskyy to the likes of Hitler in Ukrainian’s faces and thsse are just normal people in apolitical contexts like nurses in hospitals. It’s absolute insanity.

Hopefully this means theres more space for European Union to take leadership!

It’ll absolutely influence the rest of the world though :(