it is one of the most depressing things to think about

I wouldn’t go that far. Its a trade off - predictability over longevity - that proved fruitful in the long run.

But, read from a certain perspective, it can be argued that grain domesticated humans and became one of the most prolific organisms on the planet as a result.

You should check out Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States

This kind of symbiotic selection is not necessarily exclusive to humans or even animals generally speaking.

Technology has found a new way for people to meet up and fuck, a thing that they had older and less efficient methods of doing in the past. What is the consequence of high-speed fucking? Fortunately, with the advent of contraception and prophylactics, I would say not much.

The means of communication have changed, but the innate human impulses and behaviors remain the same.

this definitely isn’t the horrors here to unseen except in the most dystopian of science fiction novels

What is the fundamental difference between dudes cruising for sex in bars and nightclubs during the 1980s and dudes cruising for sex on grinder in the 2020s? What is the difference between speed dating and Tinder? What is the difference between high schoolers / college kids sexting and getting each other off over the landline?

Humanity has survived worse indignities.

Dueling sanctions.