alt Hacker NewsThis was really well written and I agree with you completely. Though I am not so optimistic as a species we have much runway left to get meaningfully much farther out of that infancy.
As tech progresses and those abstractions become substantially more potent, it only amplifies the ability of small groups to use them to massively shape the world to their vision.
On the more benign side of this is just corporate greed and extraordinary amplification of wealth inequality. On the other side is authoritarian governments and extremist groups.
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Perhaps, but generally annoying millions of technology people tends not to end well for firms. Usually the market simply evolves to better match the fiscal conditions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_exclusion_principl...
The Internet itself will likely further fracture into different ecosystems. =3
Wealth inequality is a direct cause of authoritarianism and is not benign.