We always need to remember that in the end, restoring our ability to apprehend the world around us need not depend on any particular technological development.

Our primary assets in this endeavor are at base no different from those of people in ancient societies who began to question the animal or human sacrifices demanded of them by their shamans.  What's mainly required is the backbone to claim the right to observe, think, and know for ourselves.

Issues of technological context notwithstanding, we inherently retain the power to opt out of a system of secular mythology that purveys passivity along with its fantasy heroes and basketball sneakers.   We can still choose real knowledge, if we want it.

Or real religion, for that matter.

Or both.