I agree we are living in a time of betwixt and between. As you've noted with the printing press, our societies are in shock as a result of technological advancements. As homo faber we make and use our tools. And abuse them, because it is far easier to abuse a tool than to take the time to learn how to use it properly. In only a generation or two we have progressed from radio to television to the internet to social media. And we still have a ways to go with Artificial Intelligence and other tools in our computerized scientific revolution, until we reach some level of common knowledge that will be a new, and I hope more human, Enlightenment.

There is another explanation than Tribalism which may inform our knowledge of today's affairs. The original idea is from Dave Snowden (@snowded) though I've found some of the source materials are misplaced /1/.

Dave has noted we are not just Faber, we are also Homo Ludens. From the trusty Wikipedia digest/2/, I can safely assert that we are caught up in the chapter of "Play and War" The similarities between his time and ours are eerily exact. I am still in suspense on how we might proceed to the next chapter, "Playing and Knowing." Is the following chapter, "Play and Poetry" an idea for our finding the new Enlightenment?

I don't know. It is now the time to find and read the book.

/1/ http://cognitive-edge.com/blog/homo-ludens/
/2/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_Ludens#V._Play_and_war