Somewhat tongue-in-cheek

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Here's my comment to the self-absorbed, over long (1hr 45min) and out-of-touch rant of Dan Richards and Mike Collins on how heritage managers (not, as they falsely claim, "archaeologists") make archaeological monuments available to the public ("Hiding Our Past Right in Front of Us: Live with Wandering Wolf"). I'm guessing, neither of them actually know anybody who work in the US conservation services and have never discovered the library-worth of books, journals, conference procedings, articles in the professional literature, workshops and other sources of information on precisely the whole range of issues surrounding this phenomenon. I wrote, somewhat facetiously, I admit:

Threats to the world's archaeological heritage are an increasingly important topic in these times and do need wide and informed discussion. You should write a book on this based on your experience and publish it as a voice in the discussion. The Getty Institute or the American Institute for Conservation or some other historical preservation society might be interested in publishing it. You cannot really approach UNESCO as the current isolationist policies of the USA have shut that door for Americans.

If you feel so strongly, why not crowdfund a campaign to fight the way archaeological sites often get transformed into tourist attractions - to stop heritage tourism and heritage trail type schemes. But that would be rather hypocritical, given that so much of your own YouTube activity ("been almost everywhere on the planet it seems") is based on this - showing people those sites. Perhaps you could persuade Mr Richards to be the public face of suchg nba campaign, he has a suitable gravitas, eloquence and presence for such an effort.

There is a question here, why these people are NOT writing books but just indulging in muckraking hate-filled ephemeral videochats. I guess it's easier and pays better than the academic publishers.