This notion that tools use us has been around for some time, but under a different guise. In the same way that our tools define the parameters of our daily behaviors and social interactions, so has beaurocracy, tradition, and law. Ultimately society at large becomes an end result of a process, rather than a series of individuals actualizing their own destinies via a process.

Franz Kafka wrote extensively about this concept. If you're curious, I highly recommend him. See if you can find translations of "The Castle" or "Metamorphosis". Genius stuff.