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Virtual childhood
by Saletan Editor

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Question: Are today's kids spending too much time in virtual reality?

My inclination: Yes. Children are bodies, not just minds. They need exercise of all kinds. Look at the obesity stats, autism diagnoses, etc. We're narrowing the nature of experience in a way for which the human organism was not designed.

Go run around the block, then come back and type what you think.

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