... way or other. In one sense, then, they begin the war; they take the first step, and they are the source of all the motionwhich is the war. But in another sense, they take direction from their ... tech-nology, two theories of the essence of beings in general, namely, ancient technology and modern technology. The history of these theories, the gradual supplanting of the first by the second, ... responsibility insofar as humans can be28 The Gods and Technology Heidegger introduces the new terms by asking about the unity of the four causes, the unity of the four modes of active letting....