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The point is to avoid the problem, rather than to stumble into a state from which it is difficult to restore the status quo ante.

Please do not mistake "anticipating risks" for "fear of uncertainty and the unknown." This a risk for which the likelihood currently appears low, but the consequences could be grave and hard to reverse. At least to my mind, that warrants a bit of attention.

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The point is that there isn't a nightmare problem supported by evidence, and that irrational fear causes a cognitive bias which leads to such slippery slope fallacies (e.g. Y2K scare).

You're more likely to be negatively impacted by slipping in your shower, yet I bet you have spent more energy hand wringing over tracking. Just as parents have given overt attention to vaccines causing autism.

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