When we ask what it is, we ask the question of technology, and according to ancient doctrine, the

essence of a thing is believed to be what the object is. The two answers to our query are well known to
all. One claims that technology is a tool. The other responds that technology is a human endeavor. Both
of the definitions of technology fit together. Because human action involves putting out aims and
obtaining and using means to achieve those ends Equipment, tools, and machinery are created and
utilized, as are the manufactured and used items themselves, as well as the requirements and purposes
that they fulfill. The entire system of these devices is what is meant by the term "technology."
Technology itself is a device, or instrumentum in Latin. The way that technology is currently viewed, as
both a tool and therefore, the instrumental and anthropological definitions of technology are human
activities. Who could possibly contest its accuracy? It clearly complies with what we have in mind when
we talk about technology. In fact, the instrumental definition of technology is so eerily accurate that it
holds true even for modern technology, which we assert with some justification that, in contrast to
earlier handwork technology, is something entirely new.

However Heidegger firmly goes against the view that technology is "a necessary evil" or "a human
movement." These two methodologies, which Heidegger calls, individually, the "instrumental" and
"anthropological" definitions, are true "right," yet don't dive adequately deep; as he says, they are not
yet "valid." Unquestionably, Heidegger emphasizes that although mechanical items are indicated for use
in closeness and are made and operated by people, the core of technology is universal. Heidegger
observes that the essence of technology is nothing novel, just as the quintessence of a tree isn't a tree
itself.

But in my opinion a means to a goal is what modern technology is too. Any attempt to put man in the
proper relationship to technology is subject to the instrumental idea of technology. Everything depends
on how effectively we can manipulate technology. We'll "get" technology "spiritually in hand" and
"master" it, as we like to say. The greater the threat that technology poses to human control, the more
pressing the need for mastery becomes.