Fortune says many of the people who built the attention economy quietly treat screens like junk food at home—while everyone else’s kids get drenched in it, and governments are now moving toward under-16 social-media bans. “They haven’t used it. We limit how much technology our kids use at home.” Steve Jobs, in a 2010 exchange described by Nick Bilton of The New York Times (reported by Fortune). “Shorter-form content equates to shorter attention spans.” Steve Chen, at a Stanford Graduate School of Business talk (reported by Fortune). “ [I]t might’ve been a mistake.” Elon Musk, on not setting social-media rules for his children (reported by Fortune). “ [S]ocial media does not constitute ’clinical addiction.’” Adam Mosseri, testimony in a Meta trial (reported by Fortune).

Tech billionaires push screen-everything… then put their own kids on digital rations. 🚨😡📵 #PatentHypocrisy #AttentionEconomy #iPadKids #BigTech