Technology Technology is a good thing.
Technology is a bad thing.
It is an autonomous force that threatens individuality, freedom, and the environment. 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.