Once a technology has been developed and made available it can be used by any number of governments and corporations to do... whatever the fuck they want. You may have the resources to say "no" but they have the resources to get millions of people to give an enthusiastic "yes". Most people will do whatever marketing campaigns and figures of authority tell them they can do. Hold a radiating box by your brain a few hours a day and have it sit next to your crotch the rest of the time? Sure. Take 3-plus shots of a vaccine developed with new technology and in record time? Of course. Get into a metal tube and soar through the skies like an absolute lunatic? You're the boss!
In some cases, like nuclear proliferation, a concerted effort by powerful actors can slow the spread of certain technologies. Otherwise, your "no" will amount to about as much as the anti-vaxxers.
In some cases, like nuclear proliferation, a concerted effort by powerful actors can slow the spread of certain technologies. Otherwise, your "no" will amount to about as much as the anti-vaxxers.