Alternately, anti-utopians, ever since Shelly conjured up Frankenstein, have depicted it as the destroyer of humankind and human values.
Technology is power and, as such, can serve many purposes.
Increasing thousands of people have a computer on their desk with as much capability at their fingertips as once was housed in an expensive and complicated mainframe. Obviously, the decentralization of power is no guarantee that the people will make good or wise use of it. Computer telecommunications contains the potential for removing bariers to social access for many disadvantaged persons. Traditional means of helping such people have usually been paternalistic in nature. Today, more and more of the disadvantaged are asking for empowerment so they can help themselves.