Sentences with phrase «luddites if»

And you can call us techno - phobic Luddites if you like, but we also pile praise on the knobs and buttons used to control the Accord's audio system, which are such a relief after a spell in the 2013 Ford Fusion with its MyFord Touch electronic interface.

Not exact matches

Of course, this has been a recurring fear since the «Luddites» were smashing textile machinery in early 19th - century England, if not before, but relatively recent advances in robotics and machine intelligence have brought the issue to the fore again.

While it may very well be true that Heidegger sounds as if he is arguing for a pre-modern, pre-mechanized society, perhaps leaning toward a Luddite perspective, and while it also may appear that McLuhan is arguing for the continued evolution of technology that will enhance society, perhaps smacking of a full - blown techophilism, both theorists come together on the primary assertion that they make - technology has a profound and invisible shaping force on our epistemic values, perceptions of reality and truth, and cultural values and norms.

@Dave If you hate science so much, you're welcome to join the Amish or some other luddite community.

If you're clinging to your Luddite ways, level up now — before your influence levels OFF.

I like the device: it's a simple, responsive e-reader that would tempt me if I weren't a scurrilous, paper - loving Luddite.

A former roving luddite, I've come to learn the hard way over the past decade that if you are not a reputed writer like Pynchon or Salinger and you shun your inner Paris Hilton, you destine yourself to literary obscurity.

Even if you're a proud Luddite, you can't deny that it makes sense: People aren't going to magically happen upon your website, so you have to find them where they hang out and tell them about it.

The future of fresh homegrown food may be an indoor one, at least in the cold season and for those without garden space, and although I'm a bit of a Luddite when it comes to gardening, it's fairly obvious to me that there are plenty of situations where growing food indoors makes sense, even if it entails buying yet another plugged - in appliance.

If you think of the Supreme Court as a judicial luddite, think again.

If my attitudes condemn me as a technological luddite then I shall have to bear that characterization with such fortitude as I can command.

Ironically, the Luddites who refuse to even consider putting client data in the cloud would be better off if they did.

If you consider the sensitive nature of the information on most lawyers» computers, plus the proud Luddites making technology decisions at most law firms, this should come as no surprise.

The reference to monkeys with typewriters is intended solely to point out that technological «advances» are sometimes used to such ends that one wonders if perhaps the Luddites didn't have a point.

Chances are if you're not a total and complete Luddite, you use apps for something — chatting with friends, playing games, listening to music or perhaps doing some of your money management, investing and banking.

The key point though is that our representative national and regional organizations (like CREA, OREA etc) and the real estate boards should be leading the rest of us in embracing technology and change but they're just as bad, if not worse, than Luddites.

-- Luddite: If you hate the newer alternatives, you can hoard the old bulbs and resign to pay more for electricity than you would otherwise.