Maybe the not exactly right word. They had, back then too. Maybe it's just that we are soooo deep down shit creek with no paddle now, that it's easy to forge

Maybe the not exactly right word. They had, back then too. Maybe it's just that we are soooo deep down shit creek with no paddle now, that it's easy to forget that you could already tell clear signs of "big data vs the citizen" back in the 1970s if you just looked around you.