My older brother is being released on parole at the end of this month after serving 11 years and 3 months of a 15-year sentence. I’m 19 now, so I was very young when he went to prison and don’t have many memories of him. He’ll be living with our parents and me after his release, and to be honest, I’m feeling a bit anxious about it.
Adding to this: TikTok, Shorts and Reels have complete new threat model that begun emerging in 2010’. There is highly likelihood that he will get addicted the first time he touches it.
Things that changed significantly in the last 10 years: AI slop - he will need to learn how to spot fake stuff.
Social Media Algorithms - how to train them to watch stuff you want to watch and not to fall into toxic rabbit hole
Taxis ware replaced by uber and other gig stuff.