I've listed observable deterioration in societal conditions attributable directly to software, and thus changes that have taken place over roughly the last 50 years. Are you asserting mass surveillance (for example) hasn't become a largely inescapable societal norm or that software doesn't provide the methods? In what way is "historical norms" before the advent of software in any way relevant to the discussion? To humor your strawman, please reconcile the phrase "miniscule existential risk" with the myriad existential threats to species survival the modern age presents that did not exist before the advent of computers.