hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (Jerry Hollombe) (11/13/84)
The most common term I've heard (at least in the computer industry) for
technophobe is "luddite". The term refers to Ned Ludd who led an abortive
rebellion against the mechanization of the weaving mills in England at the
start of the industrial revolution.
With regard to allowing calculators to do our arithmetic for us: When was
the last time anybody out there extracted a cube root by hand? A square
root? Why?
About Asimov's idea of people flying missiles: Pidgeons are much cheaper
than people and can probably do a better job. They were experimentally
trained for the purpose in the 50's by B.F. Skinner, though never actually
used. Of course, technology has passed Asimov's old idea by and computers
are now much cheaper than people anyway.
Finally, just try to imagine running the equivalent of usenet through the
U.S. Post Office (-:.
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