Social media no doubt is inflicting brain damage in much the same way being surrounded by the wrong people does.
But putting that aside, when reasons have acummuluted over time for a relationships to weaken the main question is whether there are reasons to connect. And whether it gets verbalized, acknowledged and built upon.
If there are common interests, activities that generate energy on both sides (as simple as cooking a meal together, gardening together etc) then it gets easier to maintain connect cause there is something positive for the mind to focus on inspite of all the negatives. Then there is hope.
The EU like Bezos didnt care about it much while their empires expanded.
The "enlightenment" happened only after their arms race to colonize the planet ended in world wars.
Learning takes time.
Emporer Bezos is thankfully a tad smarter than the Kings and Queens of the EU and his road to "enlightenment" will be much shorter with less devastation and trauma.
I just hope, after they learn their lessons, the Amazon corporate robots will be less sanctimonious than present day Europeans.
As an IoT noob, can you or someone expand on that please? Thanks!