Simulacra and the tech backlash

For someone who is intimately familiar with the boundaries between technology and the humanities, it is tempting to insist that the fault lies in forward technological progress that dismissed carefully vetted guardrails for its impact on people, and that people are vulnerable to the manipulations of the industry for creating value to their investors by giving people exactly what they think need or want, thanks to the effective branding and marketing campaign that was just completed to grow brand awareness and the influencers who want to project authenticity with their lifestyle.