I'm going to note our own personal responsibility as citizens, because I think it's really important and shouldn't be abandoned or excused. That's not going to land well with your average 17-year-old, but I'm going to say it because I believe in that.
It's very difficult with technology and how it's been designed to work with us. I have a small theory. I could be totally wrong, and Aengus or Mr. Blask would know this better, but I bet people wouldn't use social media so much or post so much if there wasn't a “like” button. I see this on LinkedIn. I don't want to be on LinkedIn. I've used it for a reasonable amount of interesting information, but I know people are doing this for the likes. If they took out that small dopamine hit, I wonder if.... I don't know whether any of you have experimented with your dopamine levels, but this stuff really is a low-level dopamine addiction. It might be half a cigarette, but it is. Trust me.