I love your query, "Does this make us kinder, happier, more compassionate?" This question is one that's so worthwhile to live the answer to! This is also a great time to ask, "How can this make us the embodiment of all we cherish and hold most dear?" Sometimes these days, people are telling me they feel choices seem limited, or occasionally that they're choosing between two or more not-so-great options. Even in such moments, we can ask "How good can this get." And I love your excellent point about "Just because we can, should we?" I'd love to know, "How can we be wise enough to rise to meet the responsibility required for us to wield this advanced technology?"
I would love to explore what a high-vibe intuitive, empathic world can look like! I can imagine it's somehow finding a sweet spot middle way between lawfulness (which can lean toward dystopian) and freedom (which can lean toward anarchy). Somewhere between overly controlling and underly controlling is humanity's way forward. Some indigenous wisdom keepers say we already know this way, this middle way. Some say it's been in our dreams forever, since "Original Thinking" means all ideas already exist, thanks to Creator / Source / Absolute / Oneness. All we need to know is thus already here. Quantum physics shows us how this may indeed be seen to be true.
We are truly living in interesting times, and my soul and heart yearn to see how humanity is now awakening within our sleeping and wakeful states to ever higher levels of wise, connected, loving, kind conscious agency.