Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for November 10, 2019

First baby?

and so begins feeding the AI master – Hey Siri, what am I about to think next?

“Your cry is important to us. Please continue to wail.”

They’re videoing my whole life. I must be the center of the universe!

The Truman Show.

Privacy policy and terms of service, eh?

Big brother is watching you.

Wait until the drone is following you on dates.

There are still grainy 8 mm home movies shot 60 years ago of kids growing up in the suburbs. I wonder how many cell phone mp4s will still be around (and accessible) 60 years from now.

He grew up to be a movie director making films about awful parents.

My wife’s friend often brings her computer over for me to repair. The repair consists of buying an external HD of some sort, transferring several gigs of pictures to it and handing it back to her.She will routinely take several HUNDRED photos of her child per day.

It’s just a fad, they’ll lose focus.

I was number one and treated terribly by my father . Mom was the one who loved me and everyone else.

Funny, a salesperson said that yesterday and I said: Nope. I don’t agree to that.

Stop being their videographers and best friends and instead be a parent. They’ll turn out better for it.

Communist China may have the right idea. They are starting to limit screen time, to their youth. Something the west should definitely do. As shown by this cartoon.

This may be a lot more extensive than hinted at here.

You can’t name a kid Alexa anymore or you’ll get the computer involved everytime you call her name.