Another interesting article - and one which takes pains to put the Luddites back into their right context!
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/12/the-shallows-what-the-internet-is-doing-to-our-bra.html
:)
C
Luddite (noun, dating from 1811) - name taken by a group of protesters who destroyed machinery in Midlands and northern England 1811-16 for fear it would deprive them of work. Name supposedly originates from Ned Ludd, a Leicestershire worker who had wrecked machinery in 1779. Name is applied to modern rejecters of automation and technology from at least 1961.
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Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Wednesday, 4 August 2010
The Distraction Machine
Ever wonder what this age of technology is doing to our society? Are you scared that we are increasingly 'dumbing down' because we are living in the Internet age? Just as the true Luddites fear that technology is set to take away your job - should we consider whether technology is taking away our very ability to think?
Here's a new book which gives us further food for thought...
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/The-Distraction-Machine-99635209.html
Suggest you buy a copy, switch off the PC and have a good read... before it's too late!
:)
Here's a new book which gives us further food for thought...
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/The-Distraction-Machine-99635209.html
Suggest you buy a copy, switch off the PC and have a good read... before it's too late!
:)
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