Connectivism

It was always important to "learn how to learn" Davis, Edmunds &Kelly-Bateman (2008). It was so important that men like Vygotsky, Skinner,Brunner and others came up with theories of learning or how people learn. Earlier theories may not have penned the phrase that way, but learning was important enough for them to identify the different theories.
Before the internet professionals learned new information through books, discussions, workshops,clubs and entertainment just to mention a few. That was their way of networking to build their knowledge base. They networked without the technology.The knowledge they gained was from the thoughts and opinions of others (a principle of connectivism) With the advent of the internet, information became easily accessible, communication  was enhanced,  the world became a global village and learners had current information in their laps, (so to speak).Networking had advanced to the use of technology. This suggested to me that the definition of  of connectivism posited by Siemens was something that people thought about then.
According to him connectivism is based on the idea that decisions made in this twentifirst  century are dependant on the information aquired at the time. That thought makes me as a learner very nervous. So my question "is technology controlling me or am I controlling technology"? Can you answer that question?