I think about this sometimes. The scorecard for the internet. Not sure it’s positive TBH.
In a more sci-fi vein, I wonder if it’s an inflection point for the evolution of society … when mass communication technology develops relative to the educational and political development of the same society.
It feels to me, in the west that is, that we were not culturally ready for mass communication. That we needed at least a few more generations of grappling with society’s problems and framing the role of the individual in the collective. That WWII probably held things back two generations. That we’ve basically squandered an opportunity and may pay the price for centuries down the line.