We do this in our kindergarten class with paper. The teacher checks in with kids who are having big feelings and works with them to identify the feelings on a multisensory activity. I don't think we need a digital mediator here as very young minds often don't differentiate the message from the medium.
> Imagining Gen-E: A generation raised on emotional intelligence
> Image: A 'monster' saying "I feel valued today."
That's bad, not good. Feeling "valued" is teaching people to rely on others views of them, not their own internal views. If you're taught to take your value from others you're just being setup to be socially controlled. You can't have an unpopular opinion if you need to be valued by the group.
It's not, I think, that most of us think that emotions and the people having them are stupid, but that the things kids are being taught about emotion are counterproductive and will hurt them later.
Having a human check in is fine, but they shouldn't see their job as making everyone happy all the time. It should be in creating the most robust adults. We spend 99% of our lives away from teachers and babysitters so we need to know how to make our own happiness even in the presence of negativity and dislike or scorn of others.
You make a child stronger by letting them get hurt - but only a little, and suffer it alone - but only a little. In the end you have an adult who can be happy while they "fail" at tasks, or while receiving social pressure for unpopular ideas.
Torrents tied to a digital wallet is a clear next step. Creators could get paid and no need for a "distributor". Anyone could host pointers, we could download and pay when we watch.
