It's time we internalize the lesson that every tech innovation going forward that's capable of great profit is going to be driven by the same web3/AI model of scammers and predators. The era of technology primarily helping people has gone away.
How do you want to define technology? Do old inventions stop being technology? I have no idea how many wheels are involved in my daily life, but it's a lot. Plastic is another technology my life would be absolutely worse without.