[nsrahmad]

The best thing about this topic I've read is an article by Melvin Kranzberg as "Kranzberg's laws" https://doi.org/10.2307/3105385 .

There are six laws.

1) Technology is neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral.

2) Invention is the mother of necessity.

3) Technology comes in packages, big and small.

4) Although technology might be a prime element in many public issues, nontechnical factors take precedence in technology-policy decisions.

5) All history is relevant, but the history of technology is the most relevant.

6) Technology is a very human activity-and so is the history of technology.