Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization.
Jacques EllulNo technique is possible when men are free. Technique requires predictability and, no less, exactness of prediction. It is necessary, then, that technique prevail over the human being.
Jacques EllulFor the word is dialectical in itself and at the same time is integrated into the whole of existence. By this I mean that the word is intended to be lived.
Jacques Ellul