The digital era and social networks know very well what catches the human brain: color, movement and sound, based on this they designed strategies to keep us entertained, manipulated and consuming true and false information (it is our responsibility to activate our filters).
With AI we will be able to know a new world that is advancing by leaps and bounds but it also points to the personal and social disconnection resulting from collective programming (complex issue). I believe that the way is to live alert and develop awareness. greetings @ericvancewalton!
You're right, millions of dollars have been spent to determine the best ways to keep us distracted and sway us--and it works! There's no shortage of ways to be brainwashed and lulled to sleep these days but it's worth every effort to try to prevent it from happening.