Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I may well get this wrong....but...I believe the original Luddites were cotton or woolen mill workers - early 19th century? Belgium or Holland? - who smashed "automated" mill equipment that would eliminate some of their jobs...Correctly used it does not imply opposition to technology, but rather to automation....hmmmmmmm.. At 07:04 PM 5/4/99 +0200, you wrote: > >The expression "luddite" is often used to mean someone who opposed >technology for technology's own sake. Recently, I met someone who >offered a more nuanced view: The the "original" luddites were opposed >to technology *replacing* humans in the work force (i.e., automation). > >Can anyone comment on this? > >M. > >-- >Martin Howard, Grad. Schl. for Human-Machine Interaction, | >HMI/IKP, Linkoping University, SE-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden.| Just >Tel: +46 13 28 5741; Fax: +46 28 2579; ICQ: 354739 | say "DOOH" >E-mail: marho@ikp.liu.se; www.iav.ikp.liu.se/staff/marho/ +------------ >