Information broking is about building communities. Overzealous advocacy is harmful . There are simply instruments of traditional empires, i.e. nations with interests in world trade. Software is not a lifestyle choice for all of us. For most people, it's not even a choice.
Bigger threats come from people who think that technology can substitute for effective policing.
I'm not so sure about the TNG holodeck . I don't trust Dan Goldin . Ultimately, it may the limitations of the human mind that prevent us from forever expanding our achievements. I realised in the early 80s that users and programmers have very different perspectives. The universe isn't as linear as some would like.