Are these issues about screens?

Or are screens actually about these issues?

Occasionally, I’ll get some pushback from folks that will ask why I discuss “non-screen” issues on this account. The reality is, nothing would make me happier than “only” focusing on screens.

But I can’t. Because the people in charge of some of the biggest screens in the world aren’t focusing on screens, they’re focused on shaping the trajectory of the world in which we live.

I can’t “only” focus on screens when one of the most innovative tech entrepreneurs in recent years, decided at age 25 to dedicate his life to making it easier to find, identify, and kill people. (He’s also the brother-in-law of Matt Gaetz, believe it or not).

I can’t “only” focus on screens when the creator of one of the most popular and well known video games of all time went out of his way to promote his beliefs in conspiracy theories such as Pizzagate, as well as spewing misogynist and hateful comments in his free time.

I can’t “only” focus on screens when the ed. tech market is estimated to increase from $14 billion annually in 2022, to over $130 billion in 2032, in an effort to “personalize” education, when this same amount of money could fund a minimum of 5000 additional teachers making $100,000 per year (plus benefits and retirement), whose job it is to “personalize” education but who cannot do so when their funding is cut and redirected to technology programs.

There is nothing, and I mean nothing, I would like more than to have nothing to talk about except screens. But until those in power start focusing “just” on screens, the least I can do is point out how these issues involve us all, and are anything but simple.