While technology can be very beneficial, it can control our lives without us even knowing it. ... Technology is eliminating face-to-face communication more and more. Business Insider states that the average person users their cell phone 2,617 times a day, so it's no wonder interpersonal communication has become a rarity.

Does technology control you or do you control technology?

Do we control technology, or does technology control us? Since technology is a human activity – indeed the former Director of the National Academy of Engineering, William Wulf, suggests that technology is what defines us as human – the answer seems self-evident: of course we control technology.

Is technology a control?

Technology controls can also be known as a procedure or policy that provides a reasonable assurance that the information technology used by an organization operates as intended, that data is reliable and the organization is in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.