Not really dark as it is all legal.. tax codes, (non) ethical means of production and consumption. Like our social media barons that can't seem to keep a handle on their utilities There is more regulation for a toaster than the lies spread for silicon valley to profit off. Regulation Joyce. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/ressa/lecture/ Journalists, the old gatekeepers, are one side of the coin. The other is technology, with its god-like power that has allowed a virus of lies to infect each of us, pitting us against each other, bringing out our fears, anger and hate, and setting the stage for the rise of authoritarians and dictators around the world.
Our greatest need today is to transform that hate and violence, the toxic sludge that’s coursing through our information ecosystem, prioritized by American internet companies that make more money by spreading that hate and triggering the worst in us… well, that just means we have to work much harder.