I agree. I'm also a bit disturbed by the transhumanist/singularityist assumption that technology will automatically be used to empower people and enhance human ability, and we don't have to worry about it being used to disempower and reduce human ability. I agree that technology is more likely to increase liberty, but it's not like we can just sit back and wait for it to happen. Maybe I've read 1984 too many times, or maybe they've read it too few times.