Technology has long played a central role in human development since it is a critical driver of societal progress. As such, it would seem likely that those who support technological advancement would also support societal change. However, in this paper, we show the exact opposite: those who endorse technologism—a set of beliefs supporting technological advancements and usage within economic, political, and social systems—show more support for the status quo. We begin by developing a novel scale to measure technologism (Studies 1a–1d) and then examine its relationship to system justification through correlational (Study 1e and 2) and experimental (Study 3) methods. Across seven unique samples (N = 4032), we demonstrate that those who support technological change also tend to recognize societal problems and understand their impact; however, we consistently find that technologism is related to more system justification (i.e., support for the status quo). We help reconcile this paradox by showing that technologism predicts the recognition of current societal issues and ills (and a desire to change them), but technologism also predicts the propensity to discount the importance of these problems in the present, with a belief that they will be solved in the future. By demonstrating these divergent effects, we highlight a surprising pattern: the same people who advocate for technological advancement may, ironically, hold beliefs that sustain the status quo. We discuss the implications of these findings for the psychology of technology as well as society at large.