You are certainly right about the increase in denial and distractions - they support each other in a self feeding cycle to create an ignorant world. The fact that people even now fail to trust the trustless technologies like Bitcoin is as much a cause of this, as it is the fear of anything new.
Decentralization is not a choice anymore...... it's now a necessity.
Yes, denial is THE epidemic at the root of all human dysfunction! We deny information, deny intuition, deny feelings and their guidance, deny truth, deny that we are in denial and deny ourselves care and compassion!
All of these lead to harm and loss of power and must be reversed in order for us to live with grace and to fulfil our true destiny. <3