Yes, I used to think this too.  Well not sure about the getting old sick and dying party (yet).  But I can say life without the algorithm is something I've experienced.  I'm something of a nostr power user.  It is a game changer.  The kind that I didnt expect.  This is not a fleeting thought, a near perfect digital environment, may be as powerful as a near perfect psychological or physical environment.  After all, we spend 34 years looking at screens.  So I agree with you until being freed from the algorithm.  Consider someone works a whole year to make 3 seconds of your life better.  That's the kind of digital life we can move to.