Abstract: As to how technology is applied to social ruling， Marx thinks technology abides by the logic of capital in its applications to the capitalist society. Technology not only acquires the forms of capital， but also becomes the means of obtaining capital to rule the living labor. Marcuse holds that technology follows the one-dimensional logic in its applications to the developed industrial society. Technology is a new form of control， whose one-way applications in such areas as production， consumption， politics and culture have created a totalitarian society. Foucault argues that technological applications should follow the micro-power logic. By integrating knowledge and power， he concludes that the applications of technology to discipline power and life power have brought about a disciplinary society. The three thinkers viewpoints about the application of technology to social ruling are of great theoretical significance for us to understand correctly the social functions and nature of technology.

Key words: technology, social ruling, Karl Marx, Herbert Marcuse, Michel Foucault