Technology is only a machine...

"We might say that a technology is to a medium as brain is to the mind. Like the brain, a technology is a physical apparatus. Like the mind, a medium is a use to which a physical apparatus is put. A technology becomes a medium as it employs a particular symbolic code, as it finds its place in a particular social setting, as it insinuates itself into economic and political contexts. A technology, in other words, is merely a machine. A medium is the social and intellectual environment a machine creates." Postman (84)

I completely agree with this passage. We think that some type of technology might be the best thing that happened to the world, but when it comes out, it was only what our imagination wanted it to be. For example, I was looking forward to get this cell phone from Verizon called the Samsung Glyde for months. It turns out that out of five stars, it was rated at a two because of things such as how small the touch screen was and how bad pictures come out. This passage is a way of saying that no one should believe what they hear or see about something unless it is seen up-close and does everything that the source told you that it does. In the passage, Postman is saying that the medium is like our minds, when something comes up, it is set as how it was seen (I hope that last sentence makes sense, if it doesn't, let me know and I'll explain it). When we think about it, we give it specific details, such as where it was seen and how we would use it outside of the place we got it from. If you think about it, this is just how we think about buying something that we really want...

What do you think? Is technology just a machine or is it something more than that? Is "a technology to a medium as brain is to the mind"?