Technological determinism

Technological determinism is a reductionist theory that states that a society's technological development dictates its social structure and cultural values, as technology has had an impact on human action and thought. This entails the understanding that changes in society are caused by technological changes. Its first major elaboration came from Karl Marx, whose theoretical framework was grounded in the perspective that changes in technology, and specifically productive technology, are the primary influence on human social relations and organisational structure, and that social relations and cultural practices ultimately revolve around the technological and economic base of a given society. This can be witnessed nowadays as the alteration of human lives by fast-changing technologies is all-pervasive. What people should do insteAD is to use technology as a means and not as a basis for their behavioural development.