Great article - captures my understanding and sentiments exactly. There's nothing wrong with technology. But if the whole emphasis is extractive, taking from

Great article - captures my understanding and sentiments exactly. There's nothing wrong with technology. But if the whole emphasis is extractive, taking from those with only a little power and wealth, for the benefit of those who have the abilities to constructs world-spanning businesses, this is entirely dystopian. Eg - who wants privacy? Everyone. But, if you have governments and businesses acting in tandem to force everyone to be de-anonymised, this is dystopian. Alternative eg - people talk about what happened to the early internet - well it is all sandboxed now, in extractive corporate sites eg facebook, snapchat, insta, etc. Its hard to see too, because the plan is unfolding over decades - incrementalism towards dystopia is the name of the game, apparently.