Some people, a very few, in the mainstream may have more figured out than most people.

1) "...replaced David Pogue as the technology columnist. Manjoo became an opinion columnist at the paper in 2018..."

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farhad_Manjoo 

 Is that a promotion or a demotion?

 https://www.amazon.com/True-Enough-Learning-Post-Fact-Society/dp/1620458403#customerReviews