You are correct. And it's the downside of living in an hyper-connected world: there is so much going on that the vast majority of people are numb to everything

You are correct. And it's the downside of living in an hyper-connected world: there is so much going on that the vast majority of people are numb to everything happening in the world, important or not unless it affects them directly (and I don't count in that "directly" things that will affect them 5 years down the road)