Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!cit-vax!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!hplabs!hplabsc!taylor From: riddle@woton.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle ) Newsgroups: comp.society Subject: Re: Luddites Message-ID: <2197@hplabsc.HP.COM> Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 15:00:49 EDT Article-I.D.: hplabsc.2197 Posted: Wed Jul 8 15:00:49 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 17:09:37 EDT References: <2179@hplabsc.HP.COM> Sender: taylor@hplabsc.HP.COM Distribution: world Organization: Shriners Burns Institute, Galveston Lines: 15 Approved: taylor@hplabs And then there are those who would rehabilitate the term "Luddite" entirely. Among them are some anarchists and the radical environmentalist group Earth First! (POB 5871, Tucson, AZ 85703), which, if I'm not mistaken, sells t-shirts or stickers proclaiming that "Ned Ludd was right!" > The question I would like to see more work on is this: can we minimise the > sufering from the development of new technologies without hindering that > development? A worthy goal, but I think that it's long since time that we realize that some sorts of development deserve to be hindered. Muir power to you. Prentiss Riddle