I don't agree even if the article tries to be optimistic.
Could it be that the "Harris Poll’s Alienation Index" is now being answered by people who is more aware about what is going on in the world? The source of information is not the mass-media anymore.
After 20 years of mass-internet, is still a matter of SNR. I didn't care about the life of Britney Spears in 1998, I don't care now about pewdipie.
It will pass when the next generation will develop a natural filter for bullshit. That will be the plateau.
Could it be that the "Harris Poll’s Alienation Index" is now being answered by people who is more aware about what is going on in the world? The source of information is not the mass-media anymore.
After 20 years of mass-internet, is still a matter of SNR. I didn't care about the life of Britney Spears in 1998, I don't care now about pewdipie.
It will pass when the next generation will develop a natural filter for bullshit. That will be the plateau.