[mym1990]

This is not only a truth of the world we currently inhabit, it has always been a truth, of all the worlds we have inhabited. Power and greed go hand in hand for a reason and the struggle to find the balance is, and will always be present.

[joelfried]

It was not true of this world 150 years ago that any person with sufficient learning could tap buttons to create an experience to be found in the hand of the majority of living humans.

I agree power and greed go hand in hand - absolute power corrupts, absolutely - but this bit? This is new.