Luddites

My Elderly Parents' Reluctant Technological Evolution

Mary K. Moore | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Elderly Parents, Holidays, Elderly Technology, Home for the Holidays, Luddites, Technology Evolution, Technology, Holiday Season, Elderly Tech, Technology News
Mary K. Moore

They are the few, the proud, the tech hold-outs, happy to exist on a steady information diet of whatever is in the local newspaper and anything on television produced by Dick Wolf.

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Texting in Theaters Is a Blight: Let's Make Smartphones Smarter With Apps to Obstruct Rude People

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.18.2011

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Michael Russnow

I'm a fan of new technology and was among the first on my block to buy a VCR. I've also been surfing the Internet for many years and bought a cell ph...

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The Luddites Revisited

Mark Engler | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Global Justice Protests, Globalization, Wendell Berry, Luddites, Green News
Mark Engler

The Luddites have been slandered. They did not oppose technology per se, but rather asked some important questions about the ends to which new technological discoveries were being used and who in society would benefit from them.

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Mechanical Morons Unite!

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Sigman

Penetrating the packaging of modern products has precipitated many an emergency-room visit.

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Stop The Insanity!: A Luddite's Lament

Pamela Newton | Posted 11.17.2011

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Pamela Newton

Old technologies may be no better than new ones, but it's worth taking a moment every now and then to make sure we still know how to sit still and take in the life going on around us...

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China: Spirituality Or Materialism?

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 11.17.2011

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Arthur Rosenfeld

Stripped of their cultural heritage by the brutality of the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese seem to be in a headlong rush to what they think they want and need--the material excess of the West.

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Luddites Live On

Lance Simmens | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lance Simmens

John Boehner's job is to advance policies that will make a positive difference for all Americans, not to pander to the Luddites who are fearful of new technologies and scientific development.

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How Too Many Legal Contracts Are Costing Business

Charles H. Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles H. Green

What do work-for-hire contracts, email disclaimers and spam have in common? They are all getting ubiquitous, annoying -- and ineffective.

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