Were they incorrect? Most preventative measures were, at some stage, speculation or moral panics. For example our consumer laws emerged out of anxiety about po

Were they incorrect? Most preventative measures were, at some stage, speculation or moral panics. For example our consumer laws emerged out of anxiety about poisonous food. Our libel laws emerged out of moral panics about misuse of the press. Etc. But were still good measures. There's also the asymmetric risk element. The social risks of the technology are larger than the material risks of putting it off. Being wary of that isn't Luddism, it's just math