Not exact matches
The word «
Luddite» tends to get
used a lot.
Apparently, they assumed religious people would be technology - afraid
Luddites — or perhaps that those who
use technology become less religious.
And in case I seem too much the rigid, humorless
Luddite, it is important to say that there may be occasions or circumstances when computer - generated visual aids might be
used meaningfully in worship.
Thanks for always including detailed instructions for
use Luddites!
Arsenals problem isnt wenger, its an owner who
uses the club solely for collateral for other projects, demanding a huge cash mountain to be kept in the process, as well as a stale
luddite control freak manager who is allowed to stay indefinitely, unchallenged, as he keeps silent and goes along with the ebbs and flows of the owners cash needs.
It also creates issues with
Luddite citizenry such as the Amish, who on matters of religion do not
use certain technologies, including cell phones and the internet, so an alternate way of re-deligation would need to be established for them (perhaps a service that will hold their votes in a way that can be trusted to vote in their interests).
The
Luddite spirit lives on in people like Kirkpatrick Sale, who thinks we are on a collision course with technology — although he now
uses a computer
Until then,
Luddites can continue to
use the old forms.
They
use phrases like «technopeasant,» «technophobe,» «resident
luddite,» or «stupid about computers» to describe themselves.
Smith, the most outspoken skeptic among the trainees, was not a
Luddite — she
uses her Web site to dispense assignments and readings to her students — but she worried about what might be lost in trying to funnel her teaching know - how through the tablet.
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.
SENIOR ONLINE EDITOR RORY CARROLL: I
used to count myself among those in the curmudgeonly
Luddite subcategory of Porsche enthusiasts.
However, at the risk of sounding like a borderline
Luddite, I minimize the
use of tech in my personal life for the sake of my own privacy and peace of mind.
Up until I decided to stop being a technophobic
luddite and finally pick up a smartphone, I
used to scoff at the notion that mobile games were becoming serious contenders against consoles and computers.
The real CAGW warmistas and their grant - sucking comrades in government and academia
use the implication of catastrophe to hide their silly belief in a Marxian /
Luddite Utopia have driven the climate debate into the ditch by labeling everyone who does not wish to don a hair - shirt as a WUWT denier.
You aren't exactly
Luddites, but you refuse to
use high - tech scientific analysis to pursue a forward - looking strategy.
When I wrote 409A as a Service: Cash Cows Get Slaughtered a few years ago, highlighting how eShares was
using their own technology to trim the fat in an industry that (in my opinion) really was in many cases extorting startups, the response from the
luddites was predictable.
Unless you're a steadfast
Luddite, you
use social media.
And where so many are comfortable with and are
using technology in their daily life's, bragging about being a
Luddite and not
using technology, may not be the best strategy.
And instead of extending their middle wand to the NeU and saying fine we shall no longer make software that can be
used in the NeU... M$ bowed before the
luddites and said ok.
«The lack of a formal judicial approval has been one of the bulwarks of the resistance by the more
luddite of litigation lawyers in
using this technology.
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.
Technology
use comes with privacy risks, but don't worry — the answer isn't living the life of a
Luddite.