Are We the Neo-Luddites?

garym — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:47:53 -0400

first published Feb 1998 by David Fleming LTD

"Each day, I have my breakfast with the family, see the children off to school and greet my neighbours on my morning walk. I sit down at my machine at about 10 and work until noon. At noon, I take a walk to the village, do some errands and stop by the bakery, the grocers and pop into the pub.

"In the afternoon, I tend my garden, take care of other yard and home chores and sit down again at my machine to concentrate a few hours before the children get home. When school is out, I meet them at the gate, we talk about their day, and play in the yard or walk to the park until dinner. After dinner, I sometimes read or just sit in the living room and be a family together. Once the children are in bed, if there is rush work to be done, I might sit at my machine a few more hours, or walk down to the village pub to hear the local news"

Does the above describe your day, the lifestyle of a modern teleworker? Or does it come nearly verbatim from the testimony of a Luddite, the infamous followers of the mythical Ned Ludd who opposed the Industrial Revolution with their mallets and lives in the early 19th century?

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