Politics was never pure Technological determinism, which pins all the foibles of people on the tools they use, is tempting.

政治从来就不是纯粹的技术决定论，它将人们的所有弱点都归咎于他们使用的工具，这是很诱人的。

I mean, I think there's a kind of weak form of technological determinism that is quite plausible, like, you're unlikely to encounter a society that uses flint axes and jet planes.

我的意思是，我认为有一种技术决定论的弱形式是很合理的， 比如，你不太可能遇到一个使用燧石斧和喷气式飞机的社会。