Not always, sometimes they like to role-play as fallen angels from fantasy books (see Palantir.) (Edit: upon review, the metaphor is strained because Sauron didn’t create the palantíri… he did control them later, and there is deeper metaphor that they are unreliable.)

CEO/founder of Flock has a BS in Electrical Engineering with highest honors from Georgia Tech, and does not appear to have an MBA.

Yes, from what I have seen

The dystopian tech does not seem that bad when you believe you will be the one controlling it.