Technophobia is the fear of or revulsion to modern technology and is the opposite of technophilia. Sometimes the term is used in the sense of an irrational fear while others defend that the fears are justified.

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magazine article: Technophobia. "Technophobia is not a new term and technophobes have existed since the Industrial Revolution and probably for a lot longer in some shape or form. Today we are living in the Age of Technology. Things that were once deemed Science Fiction are becoming a reality. We either accept these changes and move with the times or we resist and become technophobes." Read article

word game: Luddites. Construct a text about luddites (a social movement of English textile artisans in the early nineteenth century who protested — often by destroying textile machines — against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt threatened their livelihood.). Play game

poem: The Good Old Days. This amusing poem compares the meanings of words and expressions as they are used nowadays when speaking about computers, and in their original contexts. Read poem

cartoon: "Doctor! Doctor! I feel like I'm part of the Internet!" "Hmm ... yes, you do look ..." See cartoon

poll: "What do you do when something happens to your computer?" See results

trivia: Quote: "Technology . . . is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other." (C. P. Snow) See more technophobia trivia

links: Wikipedia: Luddites See more links

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