alt Hacker NewsThat is a great example, car engines (and derivatives) did create tremendous economical value but are in the process of making our planet unhabitable.
Maybe we should listen to people that care about negative externalities more often, and actually mitigate them.
Unfortunately, I cannot think of a single politician right now who is a thought leader on regulating technology, which is exactly the kind of person we should be looking for. People who understand that we don't need every website to give us an annoying popup saying that they are using tracking cookies but we do need the option to opt out of AI features for basic services.