Much of our technology is devoted to making, finding or buying other technological equipment. The rest is concerned with allowing us to live our lives faster, so we have more 'spare' time in which we may use other technological equipment.
The important things to us though remain the same as thousands of years ago. Good quality food, a good nights sleep, warmth, love, sex, friends, family, meaningfull work. The same basic needs as always, and what does technology really do to aid us with any of these? Technology distracts us from the important, removes meaning from many peoples work, creates poor food, and pushes people into lonely and insular lives.
Technology is self perpetuating and we can easily become its slaves.
(There is obviously purpose in medical science and certain other scientific endevour, but this is science - not the technology that I am talking about above)