"we've been privileged to live in a truly global era with minimal blank spots on the map and a constant flow of reasonably accurate information, the implication

"we've been privileged to live in a truly global era with minimal blank spots on the map and a constant flow of reasonably accurate information, the implication being that the not too distant past had mostly blank spots and the not too distant future will be saturated with extremely plausible-looking gibberish." What an excellent insight.