[seanw444]

Maybe not with all the finer details considered. But we're talking about dirty games, like misleading vague headlines about how children are in danger, and not mentioning how "solving" it directly leads to a nightmare for privacy. It's the shock factor, not the logic. And a lot of people definitely do not care to read the fine print. I'll wager most. In fact, I'll wager overwhelming majority. That's what's scary.

Anecdotally, my close friends struggle reading the single short paragraphs I send them about important events. Bad enough that they skip over a couple numbers, and then say "I'm not doing all the math for that", when it literally says the answer directly. The mere sight of a couple numbers immediately puts them into "gloss-over" mode.

I really have no faith in Gen Z at large. I largely blame Tik Tok, but at the same time, something like it was inevitable. Capitalizing off of a feedback loop of shortening attention spans is going to spell doom for our society.