Should kids use AI early? A parent's "recapitulate civilization" argument says no
erikphoel · x · 2026-10-01
erikphoel shares his parenting stance: he doesn't like introducing AI early to his kids, believing it feels damaging. He argues "education should recapitulate civilization" — the brain makes sense of the universe the way human civilization did, moving through the same forms in miniature, with the newest tech last.
He likens it to "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" (admitting it isn't literally true), and muses the next generation may find AI trivially easy — for them it's not a change, just how things are.
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