I disagree completely. Even people who never adopt this stuff personally will have their lives profoundly impacted. The only way to avoid it would be to live in a large colony where the technology is prohibited, like the Amish. But even the Amish feel the influence of technology to some degree.

>Even people who never adopt this stuff personally will have their lives profoundly impacted.

That's a big claim with nothing to work with. In any case you are the bottom line and "you" is very general here.