Being interested in the relationship of language and thought, Whorf developed the idea that the structure of language determines the structure of habitual thought in a society.
By exploring how we interface with these technologies, we could step out of our habitual, almost machine-like behavior and finally find common ground between each other.
The liftman slammed the gates, touched a button and instantly dropped back into the droning twilight of the well, the twilight of his own habitual stupor.