Gene Youngblood Preface, Response

I thought it was funny that so many thought Youngblood was being critical when he is speaking from a point in history that was Paleocybernetic compared to today which is currently Cybernetic. The method of making holograms in his and Kubrick's day was long and complicated to get a few frames of animation but it was "manifesting consciousness outside the mind and in front of our eyes" just the same. He sounded 'tongue in cheek' when he made the statement that art and technology of expanded cinema would mean the beginning of creative living for all mankind and an answer to the leisure problem. lol  But, isn't that exactly what the world wide web has brought us? An answer to what to do with your leisure time...namely Facebook- the latest enslavement marketer of our time...while we all quietly feed the entertainment, advertisers, religions, politicians and NSA all our precious "likes".
I accept reality...we are all enslaved to the system and I am not sure there is a way out ...with or without art.