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. The Internet is unlike any previous human invention. Because it is a world wide resource, it is important to all of the people in the world. The net reaches around the world.