I really do see your point, but I don’t think you’re giving younger generations enough credit. There’s a growing movement of young people opting out of big tech. They’re dusting off their parents’ old iPods, going back to retro games, reading physical books, and so on.

Honestly, I’ve always considered myself a technologist, but with the direction tech is heading, I’ve decided to mostly opt out too.

So much of our technology has been compromised. The oligarchs who control it can use AI to fake whatever they want and push any agenda they like. The disruption you’re describing is nothing compared to the all-out psychological assault we’ve been under for years. Anything you try will get filtered out or buried by their countermeasures.

Open source is the best thing we have going for us. Even so, I think the best thing we can collectively do is… disconnect.

And reconnect IRL.