I’m pretty sure broader social and political effects (as 2nd order) was unpredictable for the engineers building these technologies as well. Even the visionary ones. (Steve Jobs - App Store is one example). Ain’t it all come down to the problem of affecting human behaviour at any sizeable scale? Wether it’s political, social etc. it seems hard to predict.

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It’s like you pick your shots and see what sticks

Well, that's kind of my point in my original note.