The thing that scares me more than any "tech" is runaway climate change. The feedback loops. We've pushed things really far into the red.
It could be argued that "tech" directly led to climate change, e.g. https://www.history.com/articles/industrial-revolution-clima...
It could be argued that "tech" directly led to climate change, e.g. https://www.history.com/articles/industrial-revolution-clima...