RE: If this is what’s being shown to me now, then I have to wonder how far ahead things are that aren’t being shown to me.

That's basically mind reading. Yeah if you can have a global consciousness that allow you to see what everyone in the world see, you could be disappointing. But if I have some new tech that I have develop I have the right to be the only one in the planet to know about it. I mean is impossible to learn what's unique to some people instantly be known by everyone else. Even Musk can't known what the chineese are doing, or maybe he does, who knows!!! But maybe is selfish to expect to known EVERYTHING. I'm just grateful to be alive in 'the future'. Even though 'the future' is always disappointing, we all thought by now, everyone would be using Bitcoin to pay for things, most of the population would be on solar energy and all vehicles would be battery based. Cities will be freed from their smog clouds and we would be riding on our hovering scooters everywhere.