Having been more or less "over it" from very early on, I can definitely see that tempest-in-a-teacup factor, not to mention feel the hollowness of all the artic

Having been more or less "over it" from very early on, I can definitely see that tempest-in-a-teacup factor, not to mention feel the hollowness of all the articles about how "we" live "our whole lives" online and that's why this or that is sooo important. Close the laptop and it all goes away, in some respect. Though there are cracks in it... for example it becomes a real problem when it's harder to get your local government's attention by engaging their own communication protocols than it is hail them or shame them on Twitter... which requires entering into relationships with at least 2 maybe 3 private companies that maybe I don't want relationships with, or have the money to do so. And of course there's the general and widespread degradation of decorum and social cohesion, though this too is mostly confined to online. It's when people start to have the nerve to act like that in public, in person, that it, again, becomes a real problem. Already nobody was in charge, but now there's really nobody in charge.