"It corrupts everything it touches into a constant hustle for eyeball-cash and an entire generation has now civilzation and there's been no going back."

Nasty side effects: journalism suffers as "tech" prospers, less well-informed, more polarised society, freedom of the press is threatened (now by "tech" intermediaries, in addition to governments), justice system competes with "cancellation", etc. via "tech" intermediary "platforms"

Consider downstream effects of all this on governance

Journalism has declined in quality. But "tech" does not provide a solution or even a viable alternative, it is the cause.

With journalism, advertising once supported far more unbiased reporting. This was too long ago for many younger folks to remember. People born into a world of "tech" companies happily accept today's lower quality "news"; many even try to profit from it. With "tech", advertising tends to support increased digital surveillance. Not a net gain for humanity.