Izincazelo eziningi zenkolelo yokumiselwa okungokwezobuchwepheshe buhlanganyela imibono emibili evamile: ukuthi ukuthuthukiswa kwezobuchwepheshe ngokwakho kulandela indlela engaphezu kwethonya lesiko noma lepolotiki kakhulu, kanye nokuthi ezobuchwepheshe nazo "zinethonya" emiphakathini ezuzwayo ngokwemvelo, kunangezimo zenhlalo. Here is the same text in Chinese (Simplified):
大多数对技术决定论的解释都包括这两个总体思路：一是技术本身的发展在很大程度上超越了文化或政治影响，二是技术反过来会对社会产生不受社会条件制约的内在“影响”。