itable ▁result ▁of ▁such ▁a ▁society ▁is ▁to ▁become ▁ever more ▁techn ological ▁at ▁the ▁cost ▁of ▁freedom ▁and ▁psych ological ▁health . ▁ ▁Many , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Lud d ites ▁and ▁prominent ▁phil os opher ▁Martin ▁He ide g ger , ▁hold ▁serious , ▁although ▁not ▁entirely , ▁determin istic ▁res erv ations ▁about ▁technology ▁( see ▁" The ▁Question ▁Conc ern ing ▁Technology "). ▁According ▁to ▁He ide g ger ▁sch ol ars ▁Hub ert ▁D rey f us ▁and ▁Charles ▁Sp in osa , ▁" He ide g ger ▁does ▁not ▁opp ose ▁technology . ▁He ▁hopes ▁to ▁reve al ▁the ▁ess ence ▁of ▁technology ▁in ▁a ▁way ▁that ▁' in ▁no ▁way ▁conf ines ▁us ▁to ▁a ▁st ult ified ▁comp ulsion ▁to ▁push ▁on ▁blind ly ▁with ▁technology ▁or , ▁what ▁comes ▁to ▁the ▁same ▁thing , ▁to ▁re bel ▁hel pl ess ly ▁against ▁it .' ▁Indeed , ▁he ▁promises ▁that ▁' when ▁we ▁once ▁open ▁ourselves ▁express ly ▁to ▁the ▁ess ence ▁of ▁technology , ▁we ▁find ▁ourselves ▁unexpected ly ▁taken ▁into ▁a ▁free ing ▁claim .' ▁What ▁this ▁ent ails ▁is ▁a ▁more ▁complex ▁relationship ▁to ▁technology ▁than ▁either ▁te ch no - optim ists ▁or ▁te ch no - p ess im ists ▁tend ▁to ▁allow ." ▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁po ign ant ▁critic isms ▁of ▁technology ▁are ▁found ▁in ▁what ▁are ▁now ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁d yst op ian ▁literary ▁class ics ▁such ▁as ▁Ald ous ▁H ux ley '