Indeed. The genie won't go back in the bottle. Myself, I'll choose the path of knowledge rather than the path of ignorance. 300 years ago nearly all of us would have been peasants, scratching an existence. Women died of endless childbirth and unremitting drudgery. Men died of overwork. Everyone but a few aristos and a relatively tiny middle-class had a life that was nasty, brutish, and short (a bit like sex for non-Christians, apparently according to gobucks). The acquisition of technology may turn out to be an extinction inducing event if we don't keep the lid on situations like Iran, but due to the spread of technology across the more fortunate parts of the globe billions now live in ease and entertainment that Solomon would have had difficulty imagining.
Point taken as I am reclining in the air-conditioning in central Florida.