How did we get to this cargo cult where sitting on our behinds taking photos of the stars and un-ironically posting on the internet supersedes mastering space.

How did we get to this cargo cult where sitting on our behinds taking photos of the stars and un-ironically posting on the internet supersedes mastering space. It's mostly the media, who care's not for science at all pushing this 'we should be outraged', but we eat it up. Starlink and others helping the world will also create a whole new genre for ground based space photography the super rich can get into, but this drama is so tiring.