In our modern world, its hard to fight our impulses - tech companies have been crafting their technology and services to train us to, well, act impulsively. We aren't always making the best decisions, because the reward is covering up the consequences. We can work on tools to slow down and give ourselves time to pause and think.
Also, I think technology is a great tool and we can use it to benefit everyone in the world's lives, in more beautiful ways than we could imagine. I use this example though because these companies have done their research into human psychology, and its not the benefit our lives in beautiful ways... but to benefit their pockets.