[Big Brother is] making sure your imagination withers. Until it’s as useful as your appendix. He’s making sure your attention is always filled. And this being fed, it’s worse than being watched. With the world always filling you, no one has to worry about what’s in your mind. With everyone’s imagination atrophied, no one will ever be a threat to the world.

Chuck Palahniuk

A scary but prescient thought (and rebuke of George Orwell) that’s also absolutely spot-on. If you’re paying attention and looking for patterns, you can see when this game is being played against you. It is — all the time. The question to ask is — what threat are they trying to keep you from seeing by keeping you constantly distracted?