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Yes. Consumer technology, the internet, cell phones, etc, have all been tried and found wanting in a wide variety of ways. Unfortunately, because they're sort of "the default" for people, and there are a range of social media companies very, very invested in ensuring that "everything happens on their platforms," we've lost the skills required to do that sort of thing.

We ought to be re-developing them in a hurry, because cell phones, internet, etc, have all proven themselves quite evil.




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