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yes but the main reason doesn't appear in the article

Screen time.

It goes deeper than that. If you always have someone or something to bail you out, why do you need to develop independence?

Welcome to HN, Mr. Thoreau

...whose mom showed up at Walden Pond every now and again to help with laundry and such.

Au contraire, if you haven't anyone or anything to bail you out, how can you justify the risk of innovating?

Man is not an island.

What risk? To whom would you justify it?

Specifically when the screen contents are controlled by people who want you as addicted as possible and don't care if it's ruining your life.