Chapter 19 The Degradation of the practical arts (Lasch)

Is technology simply a tool or does it have values? I used to lean toward the first view, that is, technology is just a tool (of course, I'm not under corporate sponsorship). However, after reading this chapter, I have to say, Lasch's argument that technology is not neutral is very powerful and persuasive. He talks about control, as we have read about Taylorism, and claims that many of the newer technologies origined from the need of managerial control. This argument is very hard to refute. However, should we limit our view of technology to the recent 100 years or so, or should we think about technology as something accompanying the human histroy? It's really hard for me to think of technology as social control in the Stone Age. And I really think that "control" is only part of origin of technology and application of technology.