[cdirkx]

The problem is that technology exponentially increases the negative effects of bad actors. The worst a sociopath could do in the stone age was ruin his local community; while today there are many more dystopian alternatives.

[Flamingoat]

I don't think that is true either. There have been despots throughout all of human history that have killed huge amounts of people with technology that is considered primitive now.

Whereas much of the technology we have today has a massive positive benefit. Simply access to information today is amazing, I have learned how to fix my own vehicles, bicycles and do house repairs from simply YouTube.

As I said being cynical is being intellectually lazy because it allows you to focus on the negatives and dismiss the positives.