When writing was invented, those who controlled the new technology were able to organize their resources and knowledge more effectively than those who relied on memory and tradition to manage information.

When the phonetic alphabet was invented, it allowed anyone to be literate, it wasn't a mysterious skill monopolized by the few. It didn't have to be a guild of highly trained and specialized scribes employed by the ruling class.

When the printing press was invented, books and knowledge became cheap, reproducible and widely available to the masses for the first time.

Every technological advance in information transfer, paper, photography, electricity, has democratized the distribution of data and information; but data and information are not the same as knowledge and wisdom. And every technological advance in information transfer has been resisted and attacked with arguments very similar to the one you (and I confess, me) are implying.

I agree with you completely, but the beat goes on. And no matter what
dreadful things happen in the short run, its all for the best, the general trend has been for progress. Unfortunately, for you and I there is no long run, we live in the present.