"Paranoia" is, in one sense, a state of heightened awareness.

We ARE being spied on. We ARE being surveilled and manipulated. These are not delusions, which the term paranoia implies.

But absolutely true that if we jump into the digital universe unaware and unprepared, we will become a "gadget" - the transformation Jaron Lanier warned us against, where the limitations and algorithms of technology re-wire us in their image.