I wonder if you are correct. I see such technology that can hear you, see you and predict you next move. All your finances, work product, likes, dislikes, hobbies and even books you read (Kindle) or Amazon are tracked.
Are we the chicken running around headless?
I'm certain with His Fraudulency, we are certainly almost literally headless.
But what's strange and frightening about the current moment is that every elite all over the world acts like their high on something.
Do you think Xi, surrounded by corrupt sycophants, is actually getting an accurate picture? Or Putin? To say nothing of the fantasists and corrupt politicos running the EU, France and Germany.
If there's any period closest to the present, it's the run-up to 1914.