"Do technologies drive our values, or do our values drive our technologies?" This depends on the kind of values, IMO. Some values can be created when we find so

"Do technologies drive our values, or do our values drive our technologies?" This depends on the kind of values, IMO. Some values can be created when we find something new that we want. Many values are subject to change. However, some are not. The unchanging value in human community has driven the success of Facebook. The desire for new frontiers has driven the creation and progress of SpaceX. Tech usually evolves because we want it. Want to be defended? Make something to defend yourself. Want to see if you can track a million bacteria? Make a bacteria examiner. People keep saying the advance of tech is inevitable. That's a bit of a hyperbole. Humanity could stop at any time, but enough people see something they want in new tech such that it won't stop. Still, whenever you think, "Gee, maybe I should make a nano-battle-bot or a mega-laser" consider this: Someone else might be making that too, but YOU don't have to be the one. When the US built airplanes, everyone else invested in missile defenses.[1] The lesson here is that, rather than trying to race your opponent to have the tech first (thereby creating a self-fulfilling prophecy scenario, esp. if they get ahold of it (e.g. atom bomb[2])), it might be better to start looking for the antidote instead. [1] Noted from an old PopSci article. Sorry, I can't recall which one. [2] One could argue about the need for the bomb, but you're missing the point of my analogy. Pick another example if you prefer.