Q attention. Um, you're doing things with them, that sort of stuff. Obviously, one of the things that games and, you know, social networks and everything else, people are worried about addictiveness to phones, addictiveness to games, addictiveness to some apps, AI being used against it in various ways. As a parent, what do you think? What do you do? What would you recommend the industry do the same or differently?
A The irony, right, is that so many of us who are spending our time building apps and working in this industry, um, shield our kids from it, but just the same way any parents could and, you know, I'd argue should. So with my twin girls who are 15 now, I made it pretty far. I told them, no smartphone until you're 16. Now, they had to convince me eventually to get them a flip phone. So I said, you're gonna be the coolest kid. You're gonna be the only one on the flip phone. They didn't think they were cool. Um, but I lasted a couple, that got me a couple of years. And then when they were 14, they did an internship at, um, Niantic working on Pokemon Go. They built a new first time user experience. I was very proud of it. And they convinced me they needed phones for that. And then I wasn't able to take them back away, but I said, you're permanently on probation. If I see you on your phone at dinner or not paying attention to your little brother or sister, Your phone's gone forever. It's like, kind of put the fear of God in them, and they, It's a good question though. I, we, we enjoy being together. We enjoy playing games together. Uh, we have really big debates. Um, I try to meet them where they are and they're, for the most part, they're, they're on their phones way less than other kids. And I think that's really healthy. Um, and, and I have noticed at times When one of them is on th…
AI assessment note: “I told them, no smartphone until you're 16.”