I'm almost entirely convinced that that deadening will increase profoundly, if we continue to approach the online/digital in the sort of reactionary (if even slightly) manner in which it almost unanimously is. Maybe reactionary isn't the best word. But if we continue to treat it merely as if it is a supplement for the offline/meatspace, I think it will devour us.
But this could just be a reality I'm stuck in, a reality that is reinforced by a set of influences I find myself regularly exposed to. Would be worthwhile o chart a course outside of this reality, but at the same time, the situation is dire within this reality.
If one can manage to nest a a genuine neoliberal capitalism within their general skepticism/opposition to such things, I think that could suffice in preserving the part of us that would otherwise starve and wither.