Wow! That sounds so complicated and out of the box (sarcasm). The illusion of engaging with others when, at best, we're dealing with bots works for lots of folks. I commute a lot, rather than use the device to read or listen to a book, many of my co-commuters prefer games and online shopping. The notion of exercising choice or agency 'never' occurs to some folks, including it seems - Matt and many others here.

Telling us ourselves how smart we are while our devices are monitoring and controlling our relationships with our world is pure comedy gold. We're the joke and the laughs really are on us.