I do grant completely the valid uses for the technology which pertain to individual interests. I think there's interesting possibilities there as well.

There's a quote from the Tao Te Ching, which says, "why must you value what others value?" I think that's relevant here. It may be true that those with money and power will always try to force their own interests (See the app formerly known as Twitter for reference). I'm not suggesting that we can or should try to shove this technology back in the bottle so to speak. What I am saying is that we shouldn't so easily accept corporate interests as being in the interest of humans more generally and we should be skeptical of anything that sounds like happy tech industry propoganda.

As to the latter part, it's just my perception based on what I've read. It may not be accurate.