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Echoes of Surveillance and Hysteria
This chapter explores the ominous reflections of a prominent figure on early 20th-century humanity's vulnerabilities, foreshadowing the potential surveillance by advanced intelligences. It weaves historical context, including the Great Disillusionment and the panic incited by Orson Welles' 1938 broadcast, into a narrative that highlights anxiety surrounding external threats. Through vivid imagery and dramatic accounts, it captures the chaotic atmosphere of a pivotal moment, urging listeners to contemplate humanity's precarious standing in a larger, possibly perilous universe.