So, what will you do about it?

The thing is, you're not going to stop progress towards those hideous futures, any more than we could stop the atom bomb, genetic engineering, cloning, or the car usurping bikes. People will push and push and push for reasons banal and sublime, and there are enough of us, and enough cats out of the bag, that it's inevitable.

Besides, the most instructive lessons are often the ones that involve the most suffering. Surely you don't think someone's going to, say, not push towards nano-surveillance drones because some futurist said it's bad, right?

Edit: if you ask me, we're heading for another 'Dark Age', and it's worst in the U.S. We have religious nutsos actively attacking science on every front, and people are losing their will to think for themselves. Europe, from what I understand, has similar problems with fundamentalism, and fascist revivals in response to Muslim cultural encroachment. It's definitely looking ugly for the near future. Pendulum swings....