Technology is not as important as the first two groups think. History has shown that people can and have adapted to changes in technology. All three of these views are oversimplifications that fail to grasp how technology causes social change and how it affects the future. Some Countervailing Considerations Informational technology has not been the boon it was supposed to be in education. The range of possibility and human choice implicit in technology seems to go against pessimism about the effects of technology on human freedom.
Modern technology has a quality of finality.
That tells us that technology does have an influence on our culture and institutions. Consequently, there is increasing effort to try to understand and control technology. How Technological Change Impinges on Society New technology creates new opportunities for men and societies. New technology generates new problems for men and societies. Any given technological development has both positive and negative effects.