Ellul's vision, similar to that of Marcuse, is so self-contained as to be depressing! Where's the room to manoeuvre in this power dynamic? Where's the pause for us to say "yes' and "no" to technology? In short, where is the space for human agency?

Thinkers like Lyotard, perhaps Lovink might offer some answers (or probably just more questions). Whilst recognising the power dynamics implicit in technology, can we acknowledge its potential? Can we reassert what it is to be human in the technosphere (creativity, technoanarchism)? Zizek too can offer comment here......