Priests preach spiritualism. Many folks, whether they know it or not, would agree with some degree of technological determinism . If people have a tool, they'll use it. If they don't have it, they'll eventually invent it. Events are driven by tools.
History is driven by tools.
Change is caused by tools. I'm not sure how far I want to defend that position, but here's a sampling of the evidence offered by these determinists. Hypercard 1991 Tim Berners-Lee marries hypertext and the Internet and calls it the World Wide Web. The same year, Congress opened it to commercial traffic. If you're interested in more detail about the electronic and digital stories, Byte magazine featured How Chips Changed the World in the December 1996 issue.