Do We Control Tech—Or Does Tech Control Us?

Technology is often regarded as a tool shaped either by the intentions of its users or its designers — but philosopher Martin Heidegger disagreed

Alexis Papazoglou
OneZero
Published in
6 min readOct 9, 2019

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Photo by Tayler Smith, Prop Styling by Caroline Dorn

“Technology is intrinsically neither good nor bad. The key is using it to support your goals and values.”

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Alexis Papazoglou
OneZero
Writer for

A writer using philosophy to think about technology and politics. He was previously philosophy lecturer at the University of Cambridge and Royal Holloway.