I found Bret Victor's "What can a technologist do about climate change" (http://worrydream.com/ClimateChange/ http://worrydream.com/ClimateChange/) a refreshing

I found Bret Victor's "What can a technologist do about climate change" (http://worrydream.com/ClimateChange/ http://worrydream.com/ClimateChange/) a refreshingly action-oriented exploration of your question ("but what?"). Its interactivity and richness of presentation are icing on the cake. Incidentally, one can imagine a parallel message of informed empowerment to address the dark sides of OP's UI "mind hijacks."