B.C.’s Cell Phone Ban: Outplayed by the Pimpology of Big Tech
Christabel Shaler Christabel Shaler

B.C.’s Cell Phone Ban: Outplayed by the Pimpology of Big Tech

I’ve been in the rooms where persuasive tech is designed. I’ve watched the strategy: capture attention, shape behaviour, repeat.

Now I’m in schools watching it take hold of developing minds.

We need to stop blaming teachers and parents. The cell phone ban in public schools can’t battle a multi-billion-dollar industry without a collective effort. 

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