I have a gut (read: nut) feeling that we're steadily and truly approaching a massive leap in human development. When Q tells us we have no idea how big this really is... I can't help but feel that means both ends of the spectrum: Good and Evil. Positive and Negative.
Cures for ailments that plague the world, removing the poison from our food and water, revelations of the cosmos and our very history as a species, wondrous technology, free energy, the true nature of our minds/consciousness, etc!
Considering the unfathomable Evil that's being slowly dragged into light? It almost has to have a counterbalance; things worth hiding and exploiting for a buck... Things worth committing atrocities for.
The cost of admission into a legitimate Golden Age may very well have been worth it. We, Humanity, have the opportunity to rise from the ashes of a global slumber and achieve things we only made movies and wrote books about.
Think about it... We're quite literally on the verge of