[rsolva]

> The best we can all do as a society is to be aware of the influences of the technologies we select, to reject the ones that don't serve our aims, and to continuously make intentional choices.

I think this is the only practical and realistic approach on an individual level, but it will never be what most people do, and society as a whole will largely be formed by the constrains that technology, and it's owners and creators, dictate. Only governmental regulation can somewhat mitigate the worst consequence of the forces of technology.

But Elluls critique is broader than technology, he talks about technique itself. His observation is that technique and "mass society" as he calls it, is pushing us away from forming community and meaningful relations in the long run. This empty hole is easily filled by corporations selling us things that soothes our existential longings.