The mindset I believe we should have when trying to answer a question like "is anonymity on the internet a good thing for society?" should not just be thinking

The mindset I believe we should have when trying to answer a question like "is anonymity on the internet a good thing for society?" should not just be thinking up situations where it might empower people but also to consider "how well is society equipped to deal with this kind of change?" does humanity have a lot of cultural experience dealing with technology that enables this type of situation? I think the answer in this case is no. There is not a lot of historical or cultural precedent for how we interact with each other anonymously. New systems with new rules enabled by new technologies take time for culture to incorporate in good ways. Therefore it would have been better imo to separate the introduction of being able to communicate digitally from the introduction of being able to communicate anonymously. Conflating the two makes the situation more complicated and harder for us as a society to ensure these technologies are being used in beneficial ways.