kind of an insane take to say common ground is not a good thing.
the alternative was historically constantly warring tribes.
best example for it is the european union. former enemies peacefully deciding on common ground. the result: most peaceful time in european history.
probably depends on how digitally advanced your country is, but: accessing government services and even things like making a doctor’s appointment will continue to be pushed online
for now there are measures to keep up service for the analog eldery - but for how long?
i expect there will be basically no opt-out-of-online in ~15 years
the “early” internet was great. hell you don’t even need to go back that far.
online games taught us that people all over the world are just like you. they are not some elusive foreign potential threat but chill people. everywhere
we found more common ground than differences, it was beautiful while it lasted . only in the recent times the big us-vs-them rift appeared everywhere
next step: cloudflare sends hit squads to blow up the source of these slimy data grabber attacks