It feels like it took us too long to realize what was going on, but we did lack the infrastructure to easily and quickly access or share information.

If wonder how this will all play out. 

 Yep. That quote is from a book published in 1958!

https://archive.org/details/PawnsInTheGameWilliamGuyCarr1958/mode/1up?q=reconstruct

Via: https://archive.org/details/eustace-mullins-secrets-of-the-federal-reserve_202401