alt Hacker NewsParent's typically aren't in charge of understanding and regulating technology they barely understand, let alone can operate. We need to strip the gerontocracy of their ability to enrich themselves while being incapable of understanding the world around them. The founding fathers were in their 30s.
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monideas • today at 4:44 AM
This is actually a criticism of democracy, not gerontocracy. The masses, who don't understand X, vote for people to regulate X.
Even under regimes run by young people their advisors are old people.
As a parent a large part of my responsibility is making decisions and regulation about how they are allowed to interact with trends and technology I barely understand.