'Progress is a comfortable disease' (Or: Maybe the Luddites were on to something)
It's quite fascinating that in the past few years I have started to become one of Those People. It feels like I've embraced 'Old Lady Yells At Cloud' as an almost permanent state of being. I've read a few articles about Luddites recently which have made me think. It's odd for me because I used to be such an enthusiastic and vocal advocate for the wonders of the internet. For a brief spot of time I even had a blog titled 'The Cyber-Utopian', which should be a clear indication that I haven't always been a technological skeptic. Quite the opposite. When I was younger I would spend hours online, pouring out my heart to an anonymous online journal, browsing amazing photography and artwork on sites like DeviantArt and Elfwood, having passionate discussions with people around the planet on discussion forums, and delighting in the humour and campfire-together-ness of early Twitter memes. For a while, the internet really was something that brought people to...
