Poop emojis and using acronyms are marks of an internet user. Or being on at least 4 newsletters that you were certainly signed up for by someone else (and unsubscribing might require a username or password - neither of which you can recall).

Especially today (whenever in 2020 you’re reading this), when our sole focus is on getting more information, we might be more prone to click/not click/misclick/accept/forget/subscribe/read more/buy or ignore something that could be digitally dangerous. That ignorance is exactly what Sagan is cautioning against.
While cookies are barely even the tip of anything, reading up and perhaps not accepting all of them all the time could be a good start. Idk 💩

Audio: Charlie Rose - 27th May, 1996
Design and animation: me
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No seagulls were harmed in the making of this digital collage.
In all seriousness, this is a personal project and I made it out of love for the author, not to infringe copyright laws.

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Source of the quote Charlie Rose - 27th May, 1996
Carl Sagan wikipedia + but any lecture or speaking event he did, really
Recommendation his letter to a 17 year old Neil deGrasse Tyson + Tyson’s letter to him, after they met + his legendary series, COSMOS