In the UK any topics in regards to politics that are widely spoken about in public is to do with immigration / inflation / housing crisis. Because of these other issues this is happening under the radar and no political party cares.
It is because the vast majority of the people don't understand really what the internet is, how it works and therefore cannot understand the consequences.
However the effects of immigration (both positive and negative), inflation and not being able to afford a house is more easily understood by the layman.
Most people definitely do not understand those things beyond price up or more brown/black people. But they are easier to create narratives around that provoke an emotional response.
Quite a lot of people understand more nuance than you would give them credit for. You are falling for the narrative that most people can't understand these things.
Many just understand complaining about it won't do any good.
I was talking with my Mother last night about this very subject and she is social worker in her 60s.
Irish unity will never happen. Not even sure where that came from.
People can make random accounts named after Shrek making weird claims that immediately gets upvoted. The mass astroturfing you see everywhere on the internet now has made it shit.
I got feedback from FAANG+ once after multiple rounds with director / manager etc.
I just got told I didn't seem "motivated" enough despite spending several rounds / days / hours interviewing and bunch of leetcode questions. Not even that I wasn't skilled or good enough or didn't pass the questions. Pretty sure the last guy just didn't like me for whatever reason.
Out of all the big4 labs, google is the last I'd suspect of benchmaxxing. Their models have generally underbenched and overdelivered in real world tasks, for me, ever since 2.5 pro came out.
The reality is that most of these courses exist for the certificate not the course material. People still job hunting for entry level roles just want to pad out their LinkedIn.
You and I may not like it, but the reality is that so much of "education" is about certifications. And MOOC certifications were never worth much. I have taken unrequired training courses over the years and did other self-guided training, but a LOT of online training was never worth much as a formal certification thing and that's where a lot of the money goes. (Look at executive MBA programs vs. online courses.)
