You should feel the opposite: this was written 25 years ago, was stupid when it was written, and as these tools have become ever-cheaper and more ubiquitous, no

You should feel the opposite: this was written 25 years ago, was stupid when it was written, and as these tools have become ever-cheaper and more ubiquitous, nothing at all like this has ever happened, showing how hopelessly naive Bell was (and, judging from his subsequent activity, still is). This was the idiotic rambling of someone with a bit of technical skill and a complete and utter lack of understanding of people, politics, or society. This is something a 14 year old computer geek might come up with hanging out with his friends.