There were bigger disruptions in the past. The telegraph, railroads, explosives. "The Devils" by Dostoevsky is a great fictional account of what all these tech

There were bigger disruptions in the past. The telegraph, railroads, explosives. "The Devils" by Dostoevsky is a great fictional account of what all these technological disruptions do to the fragile social order in the late 19th century Russia countryside. All of a sudden all these foreign people, ideas , technology and commerce start streaming in to these once isolated communities.