Rich kids go to schools which ban phones—not phone use, phones entirely—and have device use policed at home.

The poorer the household the more likely they have a device, that they’re using that device in classes, and that they’re constantly on it at home. Within about ten seconds most people I know can tell if they’re in front of an iPad kid. (Eye contact. And not in the way someone on the spectrum avoids it while remaining engaged.)

Poor kids are consuming infinite AI slop and sports gambling at home, rich kids can afford to live in nice neighborhoods where they can enjoy public places and socialize.