I don’t give this much thought, because when I do think about it, it makes me hope for a total system crash.
The vast majority of telephone calls we receive (upwards of 90%) are spam.
The vast majority of mail we receive is unsolicited crap that goes directly into the garbage.
If you’ve ever managed an email system, you know the vast majority of messages are just spam. Last time I did, I think 95% of the incoming mail was rejected before the users ever got a chance to see it.
A good portion of the Internet is just distractions/misinformation/fluff made to induce clicks to show you advertising that you ignore.
Basically all of our communications infrastructure is a gigantic waste of time and resources, and it’s trending towards nothing but automated systems talking to other automated systems with nary an actual human involved in any of it, and little to any benefit to humans.
The problem started in earnest when cell phones appeared. They are the bane of civilization. Perhaps they are the Biblical 999 or 666, whichever. ;-D