What they seldom or never mention in the Trek universe is the number of dead, wounded, maimed, disfigured, decapitated, dismembered, disemboweled, misconfigured, unconfigured, undone, well done, rearranged, decompiled and disintegrated people and animals it took to perfect the technologies they use safely on a daily basis.
I'm definitely not going to get my body anywhere near any new technology that might even remotely affect my physiology.
lol. I’ll be impressed if Elon gets one for himself.
One of the biggest problems we have with tech is that it becomes outdated and eventually abandoned. What assurances do any of these users have that they won’t end up stuck with a piece of trash in their heads?