Upgrading one's imagination about what is possible is always a leap of faith.
Egalitarianism is possible only in small social systems. Once a medium gets past a certain size fame is a forced move.
Curiously, once technology gets boring, the social effects get interesting.
Society is not just the product of its individual members; it is also the product of its constituent groups.
The loss of control you fear is already in the past.
Wikipedia [...] is the product not of collectivism but of unending argumentation.