Part of the problem is technology evolving from being a valuable tool to being hostile and abusive. For example, you mention Star Trek. One vision from Star T

Part of the problem is technology evolving from being a valuable tool to being hostile and abusive. For example, you mention Star Trek. One vision from Star Trek which had a big impact on people was the notion that you could talk to your computer and have it answer your questions and do your bidding. Now computers are powerful enough to implement that feature. But we discover that instead of owning a computer we can talk to, we only own a microphone which has a direct subspace link to the Ferengi homeworld, to a computer they own, they control, and which prioritizes their interests over ours.