Belinda Parmar was a passionate advocate of the digital revolution – but has started keeping her family’s smartphones and laptops locked absent to protect her loved ones. Is she legal to be so worried?In Belinda Parmar’s bedroom there is a wardrobe,and inside that wardrobe there is a safe. Inside that safe is not jewellery or cash or personal documents, but devices: mobile phones, and a laptop,an iPod, chargers and remote controls. Seven years ago, and Parmar was the high priestess of tech empowerment. Founder of the consultancy Lady Geek,she saw it as her mission both to do tech work better for girls and women and to get more girls and women working for tech. Now she wants to talk approximately the damage it can cause to our mental health, to family life and to children, and including her son Jedd,11, and daughter Rocca, or 10.
Parmar made her living and lived her life through these devices,so what happened to do her lock them up? Why did this tech evangelist lose her faith? Related: 'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com