Also, just for the record, cognitive offloading went into overload with the proliferation of ChatGPT, but it was already happening when we started using (and letting our kids use) platforms with endless content selection algorithms (infinite scroll, video autoplay, etc.). The beginning of the end was when people stopped deciding for themselves what content to consume and started letting profit-driven corporations do it for them.

@jik structural problem is zero liability for attention extraction and zero regulation on deployment to minors. That's a governance failure, not a villain story. ⚖️