Do you feel that having technology so accessible causes problems?

Let me give you my thoughts and that will explain what I mean by this question, and I would like to hear some other opinions.

There was a time when, if you wanted to write a message to someone, you had to get a pen and paper; nowadays, you don’t even need to stop your car. (Well, you should, but many people text and drive.)

There was a time when the only people who used the internet were those that knew how to use them; nowadays, anybody with a pulse can get online. That includes the following groups:
1) Children who aren’t street-smart enough to protect themselves from predators, turning the internet into a shopping mall for pedophiles.
2) People with no concept of what “world wide” really means and is shocked when their parents/boss see rants/pics that they posted that they thought only their friends would see.
3) People who spend more money than they need to for something they don’t understand in the slightest
4) Scam artists who prey on those in group #3 (I’m not talking tech support or PC repair; I am talking fake anti-virus scams and similar… though there are some unscrupulous tech support guys out there.)
5) ppl hu kant spll werth a dam (Please don’t hurt me, grumpyfsh. I was making a point!)

We don’t allow people to drive until they prove a certain minimum standard of competence, but computers used to be such that even getting online was proof enough that you were intelligent and disciplined enough to not be a danger to yourself or others. Nobody was distracted by texting or talking on the phone until cellphones got to be dirt cheap and ubiquitous. “Sexting” didn’t exist.

My take is that there are plenty of problems caused by putting technology in the hands of just anybody. What do you think?