Tag Archives: New-luddites

The New Luddites: The New Frontier

Posted on 2023-01-30 by jcs

The New Luddites have discovered a new frontier: Digital Minimalism. The term is actually very specific for the new Luddites. It means replacing their smartphones with a “feature phone”—a phone that does little more than make and take phone calls … Continue reading →

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Who Needs a Smart Phone?

Posted on 2021-08-31 by jcs

As long as I’m obsessing about smart phones and the choice between Android and iPhone, we might as well consider the New Luddite option: no cell phones. Over at diaspora*, Doc Edward Morbius has a post that argues that smart … Continue reading →

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The New Luddites Go After Digital Wallets

Posted on 2021-07-05 by jcs

As you know, Irreal is fond of calling out the new Luddites when they raise their heads to complain about technology, or leaving the farm, or whatever it is they’re upset about at the moment. Now, from Kontra, we have … Continue reading →

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The New Luddites on the Apple Wallet

Posted on 2021-06-23 by jcs

As I wrote yesterday, Apple is rolling out several enhancements to Apple Wallet. That represents technological progress so of course the new Luddites have taken offense and have rushed to publish articles denouncing it. The problem is that it’s hard … Continue reading →

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Kids and Typewriters

Posted on 2021-01-31 by jcs

I’m not sure why I’m writing about this other than that I find it really annoying and can’t get it out of my mind. It sort of fits into the new Luddites category, which automatically makes it irksome but there’s … Continue reading →

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The New Luddites at Their Most Malignant

Posted on 2021-01-23 by jcs

I didn’t have a topic in mind for today’s post so I looked through my list of potential blog topics. It turns out that there were lots of pending topics but seeing this Substack article from last October rekindled the … Continue reading →

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The New Luddites Come for Our Spellcheckers

Posted on 2020-12-18 by jcs

Well, not for our spellcheckers but, even worse, our children’s spellcheckers. It was inevitable, of course. The new Luddites will take aim at anything that makes our lives easier and wasn’t used down on the farm 150 years ago. Meghan … Continue reading →

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Techie Luddites

Posted on 2019-12-06 by jcs

Those of you who have been around Irreal for a while know that one of my favorite hobby horses is the new luddites. These are mostly humorless folks who imagine that the rest of us share their psychoses and who, … Continue reading →

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The New Luddites Take Off the Mask

Posted on 2019-09-20 by jcs

The other day I thanked the New York Times for proving my point. Now it’s The Guardian’s turn, albeit for a different point. I’m sure that by now many of you roll your eyes and think, Reagan like, “there he … Continue reading →

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Saving the Planet With Smartphones

Posted on 2019-09-11 by jcs

When the New Luddites aren’t hectoring us about our debilitating addiction to our phones, the loss of our ability to read maps or do arithmetic, or the extreme disservice we’re doing to our children by allowing them to use smartphones, … Continue reading →

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