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Louis C.K. Hates Cell Phones | CONAN on TBS

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What it is

Louis C.K. on Conan explains why he won't give his kids cell phones. He argues that phones keep people from sitting with sadness and being alone with their thoughts, and that kids lose empathy when they cannot see another person's reaction.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Commenters bring it up in threads on phones, boredom, attention and children's screen use as a funny but resonant take.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “I think Louis C.K. has a pretty smart perspective”

    Louis C.K.'s view on kids and phones.

    Smudge, 2014-04 · Recommendation · in “A Gossip App Brought My High School to a Halt”

  2. “I love this bit Louis CK did about smartphones, even though a bit jokish but rings true”

    Smartphone bit that rings true despite being jokey.

    itchynosedev, 2016-05 · Recommendation · in “Why I Deleted My Social Media Accounts”

  3. “Louis CK had great comments about this”

    Great comments on raising children and phones.

    whitepaint, 2021-04 · Recommendation · in “Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Instagram for children [pdf]”

  4. “arrived at the same conclusion much more concisely nearly a decade ago”

    Reaches same conclusion as the article more concisely.

    Apocryphon, 2021-06 · Recommendation · in “Stop overstimulating your mind with digital entertainment”

  5. “a clip of Louis CK talking about losing the ability to just sit with your own thoughts and be really sad.”

    Clip on losing the ability to sit with your thoughts.

    jonplackett, 2021-06 · Recommendation · in “Doing something is better than doing nothing for most people: study (2014)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: smartphones, boredom, parenting, stand-up, loneliness

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