"Tech means progress" is part of the fitness formula of hypercapitalism. Having the newest tech first means competitive advantage.

I'm dead serious when I say "Don't build Skynet, fedizens", as we're building it. We help build the atom bomb, all these friendly fedi devs today. All the building blocks and core technologies, the knowledge and expertise exists today waiting for things to be brought together just right to throw us into deepest dystopia imaginable.

We forget to build custodianship.