To sum up, hypotheses one and two provide us with ideas that suggest that a program in information study is worthwhile, even necessary in a contemporary postindustrial, capitalistic society. Since the society's infrastructure is increasing built of and on technology and our prime mode of capital is shifting from tangible commodities like bread and steel to intangible commodities like information and communication, then it is probably our duty as educators to teach both media reception and creation. Technology is a means to an end. That is, technology, like information, can be looked at as an instrument. Like the horn which transmutes breath into sound, technology is a means for transforming communicative events.
Technology is a human activity.
For Heidegger, however, such a definition presupposes an unquestioned technological framework, and he brings forth a fourth option. The essence of technology, for Heidegger, is itself not technical, but is a way of revealing being. Thus, technology is no mere means, and its end is not in a product. Rather, technology is a way of revealing. Thus, techne and knowledge are intimately related and, at least for modern society, a pedagogy that is in tune with the times should undercut the mere use of technology and focus on revealing what is not yet known.