While I would be the first to agree the world increasingly makes it easier to go on “auto-pilot” - this largely is by choice for the average person and I would argue has been around as long as written history.

Being critical of people for doing this will not help, nor will assuming the average person becoming more engaged will align with the outcome you would think would be reasonable; for example, the world working together to insure a positive future for Earth and beyond.

I don’t know what the answer is.