That's what I meant, once you apply what happens in practice to the theory. It's a response to a comment about ego and cults so I tried to be as political as I can... which just isn't sufficient. My entire premise is that this subject is something familiar and controversial in a new guise so there is going to be a lot of knee-jerk reactions as soon as you bring up something that looks like a pain-point.
For reference, I think most of us are '10x' in a particular field and that is our talent. Society-in-scarcity rewards talents unequally so we get status and ego resulting in a host of dark patterns. I think AI can ease scarcity so I keep betting on this horse for solving the real problem, which is ego.