> Many of the investors turned out to be bloodthirsty vultures

> I lost many friends

> This is just the reality of what happens to people when extreme stress ends in failure

> So the worst case scenario is that you get eaten by vultures and lose friends. And the best case scenario is that you're in a soulless machine that turns everyone into an automaton

You're not disillusioned with technology. You're disillusioned with humanity (as you probably ought to be.)