I think the concept of "centralizing¹ technology" doesn't get enough attention. Technology that by its structure must centralize the social power on which it rests. Nuclear energy is a centralizing technology, because reactors are big, expensive and dangerous. Everyone's least favorite computing trend of the past five years is another one, because of all the size of the datasets that must be ingested to kickstart it.
(¹: read centralizing as an adjective here)
Centralizing technologies create concentrated power, and concentrated power corrupts. You might have a well and healthy state, but a decade later it might already look different. And when power is centralized in monopoly corporations, it's easily worse.
For those of us interested in a society built on cooperation and solidarity, I say: Avoid centralizing technologies whenever possible. Find alternatives that reflect more desirable social structures. photovoltaics, repair, bicycles, etc.
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