As for the issue of SSRI's and suicide proclivities, the point is this. The evidence is pretty contradictory, but in the final analysis suicide rates in the U.S. are much lower now than they were even in the 70's and 80's, before their widespread prescription for depression. Even on a county by county basis, higher prescription rates appear to be correlated to lower suicide mortality rates. Maybe the decline is unrelated to medication, maybe it has to do with a growing acceptance of mental illness. Either way, it's a sign of progress, and provides little substance to the notion that drugs are making things worse.
And yes, I do think this is an anti-technology question. Technology has improved conditions in the Third World, and continue to provide rising living standards in the developed countries like the United States. In fact, it's precisely what distinguishes between developed and undeveloped nations. Part of Marxism is providing a redistributive basis for handling new technologies, but again, as I've said many leftists today prefer to emulate and idealize hunter gatherer societies rather than develop the productive forces. Luckily, socialists in power are *always* deeply interested in economic growth and development - so much so, in fact, that they seem prone to reverting to capitalism just to maintain it.