Yes. The IT revolution that promised equal access to all of the world's information was first ignored and we - tech people - were left alone, to dream of our tech-crypto-quantum utopia. Then normal people joined, transforming the Internet into a loaded gun strapped to societies' collective heads. Efficient, personal channel of communication straight into people's brains (almost) - not weaponizing it was never an option. It didn't take long at all for someone to realize it and start pulling the trigger.