Tech is power, but how that power is distributed is not a given. We should not assume the power that tech creates just magically diffuses among the plebes. It

Tech is power, but how that power is distributed is not a given. We should not assume the power that tech creates just magically diffuses among the plebes. It's a interesting paradox that consumer surpluses are quite enormous: we live with enormous material wealth: electricity, telephone/mobile device, TV, internet, IoT. (A poor person lives better than any Absolute Monarch from 100 years ago) ... and yet the same time power imbalances are still problematic and captial concentration is once again a problem. Russia and China have vastly improved quality of life vis-a-vis 15 years ago and yet they have more limited power and freedoms.