I'm old enough to remember when the sci-fi notion of a disembodied computer voice waking you up in the morning, knowing enough about you to strike up a conversation, and accompanying you through your daily routine sounded wonderful.
Now it gives me chills. That old wonderful dream is actually possible now if I turned off all my malware blockers and let :lord-bezos-amused: fully into my home.
The post 9/11 "Osama bin Laden may or may not be in Afghanistan" era perfected that media trick.
The walls are still closing in on the Trump administration to this very day.