You are misusing the word "luddite". A luddite is extreme. A luddite doesn't use a typewriter, a luddite smashes your typewriter with a rock, then feels guilty for having used a rock as a tool.
You are misusing the word "luddite". A luddite is extreme. A luddite doesn't use a typewriter, a luddite smashes your typewriter with a rock, then feels guilty for having used a rock as a tool.
The Luddites weren't Amish. Even that would be a caricature of Amish beliefs. What the Luddites were against were -new- technologies taking over jobs. They were fine with the technology they already had, not so fine with shifting tides making them obsolete.
I wouldn't mind having my skills become obsolete (via new technology) so long as I can still have clothing, private shelter, good food, good medical care, air conditioning, access to a decent car when I need it, a computer, a smart phone, and access to spending money for indulgences like movies and new toys/software.
But, it would seem that having obsolete skills means I get the shaft, and an unpleasant (and sooner-than-necessary) death in abject poverty.
So....if that is what I was facing...I might be a Ludd
That is exactly what a Luddite was. Someone who wanted a piece of the new wealth as his job was taken from him to make others wealthy. Especially when that "someone" is most of the population and the "others" are a fraction of one percent of that population.
If you lost your job and were not a Luddite, you're either inheriting a piece of your forebearers' wealth created in boom times, or you're suicidal.
3D printed arm? (Score:0)
Or Luddite arm with Luddite motors and PCBs and Luddite batteries with 3D printed cowling?
Re: 3D printed arm? (Score:2, Funny)
You are misusing the word "luddite". A luddite is extreme. A luddite doesn't use a typewriter, a luddite smashes your typewriter with a rock, then feels guilty for having used a rock as a tool.
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You are misusing the word "luddite". A luddite is extreme. A luddite doesn't use a typewriter, a luddite smashes your typewriter with a rock, then feels guilty for having used a rock as a tool.
The Luddites weren't Amish. Even that would be a caricature of Amish beliefs. What the Luddites were against were -new- technologies taking over jobs. They were fine with the technology they already had, not so fine with shifting tides making them obsolete.
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I wouldn't mind having my skills become obsolete (via new technology) so long as I can still have clothing, private shelter, good food, good medical care, air conditioning, access to a decent car when I need it, a computer, a smart phone, and access to spending money for indulgences like movies and new toys/software.
But, it would seem that having obsolete skills means I get the shaft, and an unpleasant (and sooner-than-necessary) death in abject poverty.
So....if that is what I was facing...I might be a Ludd
Re: 3D printed arm? (Score:2)
That is exactly what a Luddite was. Someone who wanted a piece of the new wealth as his job was taken from him to make others wealthy. Especially when that "someone" is most of the population and the "others" are a fraction of one percent of that population.
If you lost your job and were not a Luddite, you're either inheriting a piece of your forebearers' wealth created in boom times, or you're suicidal.