Volition ethics, technology as a social construction, technology as a social force, etc. Let us take them one at a time. The traditional view of artifacts physical objects. 2 major ways of thinking about artifacts Purpose designed to extend human capability for some useful or productive purpose. For example, a microscope greatly extends the capability of the naked human eye.
Backhoes are much more powerful than people digging with their bare hands.
Recording studio equipment makes singers sound better than they really do. So artifacts can be thought of as tools. Yet another view of technology as artifact Everything that we see around us, everything that exists, first existed in the imagination of the human mind. Poetry Music Writings Sculpture Paintings Graffiti etc. Important reference point for technological knowledge has been science.