# Ecosocialist technology > Ecosocialist technology is technology guided by universal human need and by concern for the health of the natural environment. > > – [[Technology and Ecosocialism]] > It contrasts with capitalist technology, which is driven above all by the imperatives of cost-reduction and profit-maximization within a market whose contours are shaped by the owners or state agents of capital. > > – [[Technology and Ecosocialism]] > The contrast between ecosocialist and capitalist technology appears across all sectors of production and services. > > – [[Technology and Ecosocialism]]