Technology panics also follow Gartner’s hype curve, and in the worst case, they can initiate ill-considered bans and restrictions

In a techpanic, the technology is often described in an imagined future, and not in the first versions available to the inventor, engineers and early adopters. Are the smartest and most far-sighted decisions really made in those conditions? In the article Technology panics also follow Gartner’s hype curve, and in the worst case, they can initiate ill-considered bans and restrictions you can read that even technology panics follow Gartner's hype curve, and can in the worst case incite ill-considered bans and restrictions.