Christian Lous Lange

The real wisdom here isn't that we should fear innovation—it's that the problem lies in *inversion of purpose*. When we begin designing our lives around technological convenience rather than asking whether that convenience serves our actual values, we've crossed from tool use into dependence. Notice how social media platforms were built to connect us, yet millions now find themselves checking their phones during dinner with the very people they meant to reach. Lange's distinction between servant and master captures something subtler than "technology bad": it's about recognizing the moment we stop asking *what we want* and start asking *what our devices want us to do*.