The Techpreneurs of Silicon Valley are Keeping their Families Away from Technology. Should You Too?

Melinda Gates’ children did not have smartphones until they turned 14 and only used computer in the kitchen. Her husband Bill spends hours in his office reading books. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg says he wants his daughters to read Dr. Seuss and play outside rather than use Messenger Kids. Even Steve Jobs strictly limited his children’s use of technology at home.

More than half the world is hooked on gadgets for the sake of convenience, but the leaders of top companies are trying to keep their families away from technology as much as possible. Why?

British political journalist Alice Thomson argues in an article in The Times, about the repercussion of children using social media and the resistance of families of tech entrepreneurs towards technology using examples of Gates, Zuckerberg and Jobs. “The more money you can make out of the tech industry, the more you appear to shield your family from its effects,” she writes. Read more

Komal Nathani - The Entrepreneur - 30 August 2018