A decade or two ago, television might have been the preferred blue pill dispenser, especially for the boomers. However, in today's landscape, it's algorithms that keep the matrix's subjects asleep.

I've encountered too many Gen Xers and Millenials who believe that cutting the cord freed them from the simulation, yet they remain addicted to scrolling through Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok, oblivious to how profoundly their emotions and thoughts are being manipulated by the blackbox algorithms.