You raise some valid points, which I've also wondered about. However I personally don't think the scary thing is the people that don't want to understand. That

You raise some valid points, which I've also wondered about. However I personally don't think the scary thing is the people that don't want to understand. That's their own choice. It does mean that people that do understand that area (even a bit) can sell them bullshit. Then again, we are only human. Everyone has some areas where they (knowingly or unknowingly) are at the top of the abstraction scale. There are just too many details the world is built on. On the other hand I am scared of companies trying to close down all ways to find out how something works. Either through laws, or technical means such as DRM. When it's no longer possible to dive into the details when you want, knowledge becomes something restricted to elites. Companies would love their customers to handle their technology like magic. To be able to sell them what they want without ever being called bullshit, and being able to sell new devices instead of customers repairing them. That's why I love open source. Nothing is magic, and I'm not dependent on a specific organization to solve my problems. That doesn't mean I do understand all technology I depend on, but if I need to dive into a specific thing I can.