[D66] Notes towards a Neo-Luddite manifesto

[R.O.]

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On 30-07-2020 08:10, R.O. wrote:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chellis_Glendinning
>
> On 30-07-2020 08:07, R.O. wrote:
>> https://libarynth.org/notes_on_the_luddites
>>
>> In 1990, Chellis Glendinning published her “Notes towards a 
>> Neo-Luddite manifesto” in the Utne Reader, reclaiming the term 
>> 'luddite'. According to Glendinning, Neo-Luddites are “20th century 
>> citizens — activists, workers, neighbors, social critics, and 
>> scholars — who question the predominant modern worldview, which 
>> preaches that unbridled technology represents progress.”[15] 
>> Glendinning then gives the following principles of Neo-Luddism:
>>
>>      “Neo-Luddites are not anti-technology:” Glendinning proposes 
>> that Neo-Luddites are only against specific kinds of technology which 
>> are destructive to communities or are materialistic and rationalistic.
>>
>>      “All technologies are political:” Technologies are not neutral 
>> but have been created in specific social contexts for specific 
>> interests. Mass technological society has created technologies to 
>> perpetuate its specific values (short-term efficiency, ease of 
>> production and marketing, profit) and this has led to rigid social 
>> institutions.
>>
>>      “The personal view of technology is dangerously limited:” 
>> Instead of focusing on how technology will improve the life of an 
>> individual, critics need to look at the wider social, economic and 
>> ecological implications of technological systems.
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