A neo-luddite is someone who doesn't agree with technological developments, and dislike using technology. "A Neo-Luddite is someone who believes that the use of technology has serious ethical, moral, and social ramifications" (http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-neo-luddite.htm).
Neo-luddites are catious to promote early adaption of technology, and although they are not entirely against technology, they would rather see a serious discussion of the role of technology in todays soceity.
Being a neo-luddite causes many daily frustrations, as we live in such a technology dominated soceity, its virtually impossible to escape from it. To a neo-luddite student, university life would be such a problematice and frustrating area, as universtities rely on technology more than ever. For example, time tables, maps and contact between lectureres and students are all done via the internet these days, as well as lecture notes and materials being posted online the majority of the time, rather than in-class hand outs. At university, we are all given our own email address which is the man way we are expected to keep on contact with tutors and peers, and all written work is required to be submitted using word-proccesser, so a basic general knowledge of computers and technology is a must, which is obviously going to frustrate a neo-luddite.
Sunday, 22 March 2009
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You wrote: "A neo-luddite is someone who doesn't agree with technological developments, and dislike using technology. "A Neo-Luddite is someone who believes that the use of technology has serious ethical, moral, and social ramifications" (http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-neo-luddite.htm)."
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure we need this definition? It is better if you show you know the meaning of a term by the way you use it -rather than take up words reproducing an online definition.