You may want to go back almost fifty years to 1978 and a British science miniseries.
Just the first ten minutes will make the point, but the object displayed during minute five speaks to your point…and the fact that the quirks are largely invisible.
What he says about modern existence is even more true today,
Whole show, free to watch.
https://archive.org/details/ConnectionsByJamesBurke/Connecti...