I will admit that GG may have been a symptom, but I don't think it was the cause. The cause, as such, was the interblag and incorporation of advertising corrupting touch into everything.

I think the objection here is simple and I am saying it as someone who likes the some of the crazier possibilities llms bestow upon us. Previously ceiling was high enough that a notably smaller number of people could build some of the stuff discussed here. Otoh, if you look at any hackaton now, in the silly submissions you will find things that could easily reach that ceiling. The population of previously small number of people increased. I think.. and I assume this is how power structures think.. that it makes things much harder to control.

Sure, but for all that short duration, childhood age is foundational and happens to effectively guide just about everything that follows;p

Of course, but it's also, with teenage years, the best years to learn tools.