My thesis is that at one point, people knew this about their creations through direct interaction. Analytics are a poor substitute, especially since they do not

My thesis is that at one point, people knew this about their creations through direct interaction. Analytics are a poor substitute, especially since they do not show the subtle aspects of engagement. Our natural instinct for curiosity as you put it is precisely the tool used by big-tech to subvert our natural human instincts into becoming replaceable cogs of their technological kingdom.