did-the-modern-state-and-tech-coevolve-or-did-one-parasitize-the-other

In ref_the-coming-wave_mustafa-suleyman, Suleyman claims:
ref_the-coming-wave_mustafa-suleyman

This is a charitable/neutral reading. The two evolved symbiotically - mutually beneficial. But what if something else happened:

• Technology “saw” the state as a useful vehicle to advance itself, not caring if it became subservient to it later. Or:
• The state saw the promise of technology to advance itself and enticed it to help. Or:
• The state saw the danger technology posed to it, and made sure to entangle it with itself so as to control it.