The fact is most people have a tough time understanding technological progress and the idea of exponential. It is not an easy concept for us humans to wrap our heads around.
This takes on an added meaning if we have a government full of older people. Their ability to grasp it is even less. Add in the fact their main goal is to expand their power and we see how it at odds with what they are trying to accomplish.
a government full of older people. Their ability to grasp it is even less. could this also be 'pride to unlearn'?