I think there are many precedents for this; you probably just discount them. Some religious communities explicitly reject certain technologies, for instance. W

I think there are many precedents for this; you probably just discount them. Some religious communities explicitly reject certain technologies, for instance. We do it as an aggregate society as well whether we actually realize it or not; they are just negative examples of pursuing one kind of technology over another. We started out with a decentralized web, but economic forces have pushed tech development towards building walled gardens and rent extraction.