A millennium of misery ensued, with ignorance and poverty the rule until the Renaissance dawned. No one is saying that today's digital dark age portends any such disaster.
I think it also does portend a potentially dark future where digital money starts being used as a tool not just of economic policy, but of social policy as well.
Many others worry that the EU's ambitious climate policies portend an eventual crackdown on the use of gas, which though cleaner than other fossil fuels still emits carbon when burned.
But I think it also does portend a potentially dark future, where digital money issued either by governments or by private corporations starts being used as a tool not just of economic policy, but of social policy as well.