The internet era our author mentions was not dominated by companies whose investors measure success by "engagement" -- that is, by wasting our time. FB and Twi

The internet era our author mentions was not dominated by companies whose investors measure success by "engagement" -- that is, by wasting our time. FB and Twitter measure success by engagement. That means they don't have the incentive to organize our information and save us time. (Gotta go... Hacker News is about to tell me to get back to work!)