I have the impression that the biggest problem is that these issues are not intuitively approachable anymore.

We have very similar issues with computer security. The majority of people have a totally different skillset and simply can't grasp these things. This is probably only getting worse as the technology behind our interfaces is getting increasingly unintuitive.

On the extreme end of this separation in our culture of specialists we may need a fundamentally new framework for trust. And maybe it's these the trust issues causing all these nonsensical surveillance ideas at the moment — to get "more control".

Image what happens if AI robots are roaming the earth, causing all kinds of post-humanity questions, and nobody really understands what the fuck is going on anymore.

The future is probably both horrifying and glorious :D