i have read and watched and listened to as much information/media from a wide and deep array of sources. i know that sounds trite. but it's what i have done as a lifestyle for 15 years.
for example, the feds have been expecting a time of accelerating technological convergence (similar to "the singularity" or "a transcendental object at the end of history") since the 1950s. something important (unknown to me) happened in the federal government during the 1950s. it was a systemic cultural shift from the top down. it could have been more of a bottom up series of changes. but i really don't know for sure.
these are likely those times. the consequences are world changing and we are just at the beginning of it all.
this is what my research indicates.