Younger, more libertarian-ish me would have disagreed. But humans have changed. The information age has changed us in deep ways. When Facebook appeared, all o

Younger, more libertarian-ish me would have disagreed. But humans have changed. The information age has changed us in deep ways. When Facebook appeared, all of the problems that have manifested over the past 15 years or so were immediately apparent to me. Facebook was so clearly toxic that I never touched the service. And I was an enthusiastic first-on-the-bandwagon type back then. Trying to warn others, which I embarrassed myself trying to do, was useless. It was senseless to try - I was under the assumption that people had control of their person. I was assuming that people had personal responsibility. Personal responsibility implies control of your person, which we have inadvertently relinquished in the Information Age, as we outsource aspects of our minds and persons to the technology that 'makes our lives easier'. Add to this the fact that these companies have experts dedicated to undermine your control of yourself, and it's hopeless for most people. Older, more exhausted me agrees with the parent comment. sigh