nice nonsense. We used to spend good portion of our lives on the fields. Now we have tractors.
Discussion
What's the over/under on boys in fields vs basements?
That's your version. Mine is that they can spend more time on education (not talking about school) or something else meaningful for them.
Your argument is the same as people had against factories and industrialization in 19th century.
This is the economy 101. We are more productive because of these things.