> This is so dramatic it's hard to recover the original complaint.

I'm curious if this message is new to many here?

What makes it feel "dramatic"? I get the impression people say something is "dramatic" when it doesn't really land or connect? Because when something punches me in the gut, I don't say "that was dramatic", I say "that was compelling".

I'm over 40, and these kinds of concerns (technology serving people's deeper needs rather than serving them up fleeting entertainment) has been on my radar for 15+ years. Back then, I was expecting to go into public administration, policy analysis, or "technology for good" to use what might be a naive phrase.

The more typical / appropriate word here would be "over-dramatic" or "melodramatic", not "dramatic".