Welcome to the Machine
‘The Matrix’ was the warning nobody heeded
I learned a new word today: Luddite. Its context has changed some over time, but the basic meaning is the same between then and now. Essentially, a Luddite may:
“…view technology as a threat to traditional ways of life, or they may be concerned about the negative impacts that technology can have on society, such as the erosion of privacy or the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few tech companies.”
While the term may be new to me, the concept is definitely not. I’ve harbored this kind of sentiment for a long time, without knowing what it was called, or even that it was called anything at all.
I’ve never really been all that gung-ho about new flashy technologies before, but my gut instinct really started to hit the breaks when, if you were paying attention, technological evolution decidedly took a much creepier turn, in public.
It’s always been about convenience — something easier, faster, more. Efficiency, we told ourselves. Because then, yes, we really could Have It All (TM).
