I think the article is on point with regard to the likes of Schmidt and Gates and other folks in the Silicon Valley culture, but for the rest of the tech world

I think the article is on point with regard to the likes of Schmidt and Gates and other folks in the Silicon Valley culture, but for the rest of the tech world there's always been a stronger sense of skepticism towards the transformative properties of technology. Institutions and norms still matter regardless of how cheap the next iPhone can be made. And if you still have institutions and norms that promote something like racism or homo/transphobia then you're going to still have those around no matter what technology is employed. If you can't change minds, then you can't change how technology will be used.