Technology is not dehumanizing. It’s what makes us human.

[Commentary] A new survey from Intel is being touted with headlines about how young adults say technology is dehumanizing. And there is one line from the press release describing the findings of the survey that supports that characterization: "A majority of millennials agree that technology makes people less human and that society relies on technology too much."

It makes perfect sense for this generation to still be processing the changes brought on by recent technological advances. Millennials were the first generation to grow up with the Internet as an integral part of their lives -- which is a somewhat disorienting experience when compared to the rest of human history. But as a millennial myself, I certainly don't think it makes me less human to be able to Skype with my grandmother who lives over a thousand miles away, engage with people from around the world on Twitter, or consume the various digital cultural works -- like say, Final Fantasy VI. To an even broader point, the use of technology and tools are actually a defining characteristic of being human.