Life doesnt discriminate Between the sinners and the saints It takes and it takes and it takes <| sep |> Society unfortunately accepts , and often embraces , ' walled gardens ' all the time . In this situation it ' s 50 % Orwellian censoring information FB execs don ' t like and people just accept it , and 50 % Huxley drones that embrace , ya fake news is bad yo , gimmie that CNN soma so I don ' t have to think for myself . This is a massive siege battle and the outcome is uncertain for the defenders . If we actually pull through , historians will be reflecting on how close we came to an intellectual apocalypse , irrecoverable because of almost incomprehensibly powerful technological means to suppress and deceive the public , and the fact that those means only grow more numerous and stronger over time . It ' s entirely possible that those of us alive today will be the last to have free thoughts , be able to express those thoughts , and be able to congregate in communities like this .