The article seems to narrow the scope of problem with Internet to its effects on social dynamics. All means of communications held at some point the manipulati

The article seems to narrow the scope of problem with Internet to its effects on social dynamics. All means of communications held at some point the manipulative powers over the socium (TV, newspapers etc.). New means will have them too. So nothing to regret here. Meanwhile, as technology Internet provided goods of wider access to knowledge, should one needed it. Indeed, it also promoted the freedom of speech too, should anyone needed to be heard! It's just inevitable that Internet got saturated just as well, such that signal-to-noise is below quality threshold. Same as your cable channels, or bookstores back in the gone century. So now people need either to devise a better selectivity or invent and use a new clear channel. All of current 'social messngers' are effectively trying to offer a clear channel.