Technology vs Society

A concept I find extremely interesting which I have seem discussed before revolves around the question 'Does technology shape society, or does society shape technology?' (“technology does not determine society”) and also generally gives rise to ideas about whether technology is being driven by society, or whether it has accumulated enough momentum to evolve as a self contained entity, but in either case why is it evolving, to what end? But I digress.

A perspective that I had not considered was summed up in the quote “technology is society, and society cannot be represented without its technological tools”. Until this point I had tried to identify them as completely seperate ideals, however it is becoming increasingly apparent that this is no longer the case.