Inhabiting Technology

This weekend, I began reading W. Brian Arthur's book, The Nature of Technology:  What It Is and How It Evolves.  This has been on my reading list for ages.  Here is a quotation from page 10 that caught my attention:

Most of us do not stop to ponder technology.  It is something we find useful but that fades to the background of our world.  Yet - and this is another source of wonder for me - this thing that fades to the background of our world also creates that world.  It creates the realm our lives inhabit.

So far, I cannot put this book down.