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Ask Metafilter Dark deconstructions of children's TV shows/characters? I've read fantastic, dark - often very political analyses - of TV shows like Thomas the Tank Engine, Teletubbies, Mr.Blobby, and Sesame Street's Oscar the Grouch.... but I'd like to find some more. What other dystopian, playful, surreal, philosophical, deconstructive readings of kid's…

August 18 2019, 8:47am | Comments
Bookmark Children Are Easily Peer Pressured by Robots, Study Finds - Motherboard
The eerie possibility of robots manipulating humans crops up in science fiction tales like Ex Machina or Battlestar Galactica.

August 28 2018, 5:33am | Comments
Bookmark Does climate change make it immoral to have kids? | Dave Bry…
Bringing children into a disintegrating environment used to be a theoretical fear. Now it’s a very real one The decision whether or not to have a child is one of the…

April 17 2016, 6:02am | Comments
Bookmark Kids, unlike adults, think technology is fundamentally human
With children so easy to embrace robotics, it’s clear that there’s a ton of potential for integrating intelligent technologies into learning environments. Besides, the idea of “exploring and creating” sounds a…

January 19 2012, 2:13am | Comments
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It Does Take a Village

December 1 2011, 3:37am | Comments
Bookmark Prop Theory in a Nutshell
Any time we interact with a representative art work – be it a painting, a sculpture, a song, a novel, a comic, a play, a film, or a game – it…

March 10 2011, 9:31am | Comments
Bookmark Should This Be the Last Generation?
Have you ever thought about whether to have a child? If so, what factors entered into your decision? Was it whether having children would be good for you, your partner and…

June 10 2010, 2:45am | Comments
Bookmark A Common Nomenclature for Lego Families
Every family, it seems, has its own set of words for describing particular Lego pieces. No one uses the official names. “Dad, please could you pass me that Brick 2x2?” No.…

November 8 2009, 3:01am | Comments
Flickr Viktor Bulla's Pioneers in Defense Drill, Leningrad (1937)

July 6 2007, 4:58am | Comments

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