Is Technology Keeping Kids Inside

From: Daniel W.

Sent: September 10, 2016

To: undisclosed recipients

Subject: Fw: Is Technology Keeping Kids Inside

I doubt it - they were probably vitamin d deficient nerds sitting in a dark basement learning to program!! :) I can't honestly say I can imagine Bill Gates for instance playing soccer with boys at break time. Many among today's generation of children would rather play video games or surf the Internet than hang out outside. Sweeping generalization but hey that is what happens on the Internet.

Daniel


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