Relationship with things technological

I've always had several thoughts about people's relationship with technology. Technology, is well, 'us'. Technology would not exist without humanity, and they are not too removed from ourselves. I mean, technology might exist as disparate objects, but really, they are conceptually conjoined to us - people.

And so, we invest technological objects with our humanity, with ourselves. We leave traces of humanity in the technologies that we use.

I can't imagine how I might part with my current laptop, that stores all the IMs that are stored on the local hard disk, containing all my personal research and my personal writings. Sure - they can be stored somewhere else, but there is just this physicality involved having the memory embodied in the space of the laptop...