It was an innocent and naive time. We didn't know and can be excused for not having foreseen or listened to the warnings about the ways it was going to be used

It was an innocent and naive time. We didn't know and can be excused for not having foreseen or listened to the warnings about the ways it was going to be used against us. Optimism was a luxury. My question is, knowing what we know now, why are so many prostrating themselves to those who are selling us the new breakthrough that they're going to use to hurt us more than help us? This time, there's no excuse to fall for it.