21st Century Luddite: 2014

Tuesday 16 September 2014

Why is Luddite a derogatory term?

The more I have read about the Luddites, the more I get concerned about the use of the term 'Luddite' as a negative. Here, of course, were a group of workers who were fighting for their very livelihood. For the right to work!

It's nice to read a post today that echoed some of my feelings. Read the post here .

Quotations

"To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer." - Farmers' Almanac, 1978

"Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining." - Jef Raskin

"Hardware is the part of a computer that can be kicked, if all you can do is swear at it, then it must be software." - Anon, but very true.

“When the life of people is unmoral, and their relations are not based on love, but on egoism, then all technical improvements, the increase of man’s power over nature, steam, electricity, the telegraph, every machine, gunpowder, and dynamite, produce the impression of dangerous toys placed in the hands of children.” Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)

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