Now however, the consequences are on a truly global scale, so it becomes more important than ever before, while at the same time becoming less understandable than ever before for normal people. So instead of downtalking the issue, we should highlight it more than ever before and we should inform and educate people more than ever before.

'cept that education sector is struggling to even get financed in places. We even have people seriously thinking schools should finance themselves, because they are too short-sighted, to see the net benefit for a society, that a good education system brings with it. This in the face of ever more things to learn about the digital world. And I live in a country, where there isn't even an official school subject about interacting with this digital world.

I was always under the impression that despite ups and downs there was (on average) progress, improvement, in some broadly defined way.

I am no longer sure. One could always think that we hit a local minimum. But the comatose, practically non-existent debate suggests there are no reacting forces, the malaise runs deep.

Its puzzling and confusing because none of that phemomena seem pre-ordained. Its all self-inflicted through abysmally bad governance. Literally made up through behavior and choices.