Oh , and ALWAYS have a car that has no computer, g.p.s., satellite, on star( or things like that), leave your cell phone or computer at home,too. Its soooo awsome to just go for a drive and nobody knows where you are. Why? Because NOBODY NEEDS TO KNOW , THATS WHY!!!! Its none of their business. I wish people could have felt the feeling i had when i was younger, there is no big brother watching,knowing. Its a personal freedom of the mind i just cant explain, but it was awesome. I only get to do it every now and then today.
This speech is a joke. She makes it seem like totally a preference issue, when this technology is harmful to society as a whole and should be something we push back against because of the way it effects our lives. Her take is “Oh it has way too many buttons for simple me!” Maybe talk about the mental health issues or sociological issues around it rather than an arbitrary “I just don’t want to”
this. it's about the pervasive and penetrating psychological effects on a society. home computers > now you can work after hours tech saves you time > we can now give you extra tasks. no more missed calls because mobiles> now you have no excuse to not answer a call conference calls > no more work/life balance 24h entertainment > no more boredom, also no escape. this has been a long time coming.
Psssh! You call that being a luddite?! I was never comfortable with cell phones--too much back and forth between your ear and face, they turn off on me, my cheek touches something.... People walk around with only one hand free, it's ridiculous. And as the commenter below says, "Nobody needs to know where I am" OR get hold of me every damn second of the day--leave a message, I'll get it when I get back home! If the phone company didn't overcharge and keep screwing things up, I'd still have my landline which is SO much easier and more efficient. OTOH, I have a used high-end laptop I can order stuff on, research, watch TED Talks on, and more. I don't need all THOSE (mobile) apps, but I do use plenty of Google Web Apps & Windows Utilities. For now, I make calls online (audio only, I don't want to be on camera thanks). And people have to leave voicemail or texts. Heh. (I don't mind texting...with a full keyboard.) I wouldn't mind going back to a '63 Plymouth Valiant with no electronics, even if I did have to crank the window myself. I rather liked looking up my route on a Thomas mapbook...or on Google Maps, using satellite and map view, and I appreciate cruising the street with Street View. *I like technology when it's helpful; I just don't see the point when it's not.* I don't have a problem with computers--I was helping my dad run his programming jobs after hours on a mainframe when I was 11. I discovered that I love programming & tech when I was 25. I had a home computer before most people had one at work. I used to *train other people in computer use.* I'm either ahead of the curve or behind it. Right now I'm mostly behind. To some people, that makes me a Luddite. But when something doesn't work right or they need an explanation of something to do with technology, guess who they come to?
Yeah she is really no luddite. I’m looking into building a clay home, really being a luddite is being self reliant on your own ability and skill and craft. Machines have automated everything so using a typewriter is nonsense, why buy the ink and use that? Write with your hand if you truly want to be a not reliant on technology. Once an ink ribbon ends, you would just have to buy a new one. Makes no sense to me she would start off this by saying “I’m a luddite, but not really!” Seems like a way to ruin the image of that ideology
I don't think there is one right way to be a Luddite. It's not a religion and what works for one may not work for another. In this day and age I need to use a smartphone to run my business. I wish I didn't but I sell handmade spell candles and hand woven baskets and it's how I feed my family. But TV? No. Computers? No. Minimal use of electricity? Yes (but I have a two year old and I'm not comfortable lighting my hurricane lamps with him awake and exploring). Walk to places I can rather than drive? Yes. Connect with real people face to face? Absolutely.
She’s describing a system of beliefs that includes using technology to survive. A typewriter is still a form of technology, but using it doesn’t lead to ecological or psychological disasters.
Lady, you really NEED to stop using the word "we" you have been wrong every time you have used it so far, unless you don't think that i am a human being.
I love her honesty! I am a total tech geek but I can see a clear way now for tech people and Luddites to live together with some simple rules respecting each other's desired lifestyles. I think this would help with many of our current issues where a group wants to stay the same (conservative) and a group wants to move forward (progressive). It seems so simple to talk to each other as she presents the differences. Thanks!
I’m disappointed that she’s acting like this is a rare philosophy, so she’s not explaining anything about the reasons why contemporary technology & social media are causing so many health & social problems. Everyone uses a cast-iron skillet, and even the most dedicated techie knows too much screen time makes their body feel weird.
This just sounds like an amish person coming into modern life. I want to get away from technology after having used it, seen what it does to us. Not all tech is bad but these smartphones and social media will be the ruination of modern man. We need to get back to the basics, and use tech like a tool, not turn it into a lifestyle.
I'm also a Luddite and I don't think I'm crazy. I'm an artist and a candle maker and I'm a bit eccentric, but there is so much value in things that are handmade rather than machine made. I must use a smartphone to run my business and I use it to take pictures of my baby. It's so very worth detaching from technology even in initial short, let's say week long, spurts. Once one realizes the anxiety they feel with the initial shock of being disconnected it is very likely to make one reconsider how much they "need" to be constantly connected. One is likely to feel physical discomfort and anxiety in turning off the electronics and that isn't a good thing. When the electricity goes out in my home it's a joyful occasion for me because I've learned many survival skills and cool techniques to make life very comfortable and connected in it's true sense. I'm deeply connected to my family and friends and,more importantly, I'm connected to myself, and I'm happy and proud to be able to stand up for myself against the constant overuse of technology because this is what's right for me.
Oh , and ALWAYS have a car that has no computer, g.p.s., satellite, on star( or things like that), leave your cell phone or computer at home,too. Its soooo awsome to just go for a drive and nobody knows where you are. Why? Because NOBODY NEEDS TO KNOW , THATS WHY!!!! Its none of their business. I wish people could have felt the feeling i had when i was younger, there is no big brother watching,knowing. Its a personal freedom of the mind i just cant explain, but it was awesome. I only get to do it every now and then today.
This speech is a joke. She makes it seem like totally a preference issue, when this technology is harmful to society as a whole and should be something we push back against because of the way it effects our lives.
Her take is “Oh it has way too many buttons for simple me!”
Maybe talk about the mental health issues or sociological issues around it rather than an arbitrary “I just don’t want to”
this.
it's about the pervasive and penetrating psychological effects on a society.
home computers > now you can work after hours
tech saves you time > we can now give you extra tasks.
no more missed calls because mobiles> now you have no excuse to not answer a call
conference calls > no more work/life balance
24h entertainment > no more boredom, also no escape.
this has been a long time coming.
Psssh! You call that being a luddite?!
I was never comfortable with cell phones--too much back and forth between your ear and face, they turn off on me, my cheek touches something.... People walk around with only one hand free, it's ridiculous. And as the commenter below says, "Nobody needs to know where I am" OR get hold of me every damn second of the day--leave a message, I'll get it when I get back home! If the phone company didn't overcharge and keep screwing things up, I'd still have my landline which is SO much easier and more efficient. OTOH, I have a used high-end laptop I can order stuff on, research, watch TED Talks on, and more. I don't need all THOSE (mobile) apps, but I do use plenty of Google Web Apps & Windows Utilities. For now, I make calls online (audio only, I don't want to be on camera thanks). And people have to leave voicemail or texts. Heh. (I don't mind texting...with a full keyboard.)
I wouldn't mind going back to a '63 Plymouth Valiant with no electronics, even if I did have to crank the window myself. I rather liked looking up my route on a Thomas mapbook...or on Google Maps, using satellite and map view, and I appreciate cruising the street with Street View.
*I like technology when it's helpful; I just don't see the point when it's not.* I don't have a problem with computers--I was helping my dad run his programming jobs after hours on a mainframe when I was 11. I discovered that I love programming & tech when I was 25. I had a home computer before most people had one at work. I used to *train other people in computer use.* I'm either ahead of the curve or behind it. Right now I'm mostly behind. To some people, that makes me a Luddite. But when something doesn't work right or they need an explanation of something to do with technology, guess who they come to?
Yeah she is really no luddite. I’m looking into building a clay home, really being a luddite is being self reliant on your own ability and skill and craft. Machines have automated everything so using a typewriter is nonsense, why buy the ink and use that? Write with your hand if you truly want to be a not reliant on technology. Once an ink ribbon ends, you would just have to buy a new one. Makes no sense to me she would start off this by saying “I’m a luddite, but not really!”
Seems like a way to ruin the image of that ideology
@@lol22332 But then how do you obtain a writing utensil?
I don't think there is one right way to be a Luddite. It's not a religion and what works for one may not work for another. In this day and age I need to use a smartphone to run my business. I wish I didn't but I sell handmade spell candles and hand woven baskets and it's how I feed my family. But TV? No. Computers? No. Minimal use of electricity? Yes (but I have a two year old and I'm not comfortable lighting my hurricane lamps with him awake and exploring). Walk to places I can rather than drive? Yes. Connect with real people face to face? Absolutely.
@@user-zc3tz5go2x Thank you. I _am_ a bit long-winded I guess. Sometimes I do a TL;DR. Heh.
You're not a luddite because you read a book. And you can't really be one every once in a while.
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She’s describing a system of beliefs that includes using technology to survive. A typewriter is still a form of technology, but using it doesn’t lead to ecological or psychological disasters.
Per a culture is the future not technology. We learn to use computers but we don't know how to feed ourselves in the nature that surround us
Bologna, covid didnt change my life in one bit or anyway. I'm still a VERY proud luddite!
You're commenting on RUclips.
As a historian, I look at the past with horror as I see the ever-present grinding poverty and government and social oppression of rural life.
Lady, you really NEED to stop using the word "we" you have been wrong every time you have used it so far, unless you don't think that i am a human being.
Tech allows the owners to get rid of their most expensive bottomline:employees.
I love her honesty! I am a total tech geek but I can see a clear way now for tech people and Luddites to live together with some simple rules respecting each other's desired lifestyles. I think this would help with many of our current issues where a group wants to stay the same (conservative) and a group wants to move forward (progressive). It seems so simple to talk to each other as she presents the differences. Thanks!
I’m disappointed that she’s acting like this is a rare philosophy, so she’s not explaining anything about the reasons why contemporary technology & social media are causing so many health & social problems. Everyone uses a cast-iron skillet, and even the most dedicated techie knows too much screen time makes their body feel weird.
For talks like this one I have 0 respect for tedX.
Ok so that was fake. Good try TED
This just sounds like an amish person coming into modern life.
I want to get away from technology after having used it, seen what it does to us. Not all tech is bad but these smartphones and social media will be the ruination of modern man.
We need to get back to the basics, and use tech like a tool, not turn it into a lifestyle.
Tax tech harrrrrd.
It's fake right?
Lysenkoists and Luddites ... they're crazy x)
I'm also a Luddite and I don't think I'm crazy. I'm an artist and a candle maker and I'm a bit eccentric, but there is so much value in things that are handmade rather than machine made. I must use a smartphone to run my business and I use it to take pictures of my baby. It's so very worth detaching from technology even in initial short, let's say week long, spurts. Once one realizes the anxiety they feel with the initial shock of being disconnected it is very likely to make one reconsider how much they "need" to be constantly connected. One is likely to feel physical discomfort and anxiety in turning off the electronics and that isn't a good thing. When the electricity goes out in my home it's a joyful occasion for me because I've learned many survival skills and cool techniques to make life very comfortable and connected in it's true sense. I'm deeply connected to my family and friends and,more importantly, I'm connected to myself, and I'm happy and proud to be able to stand up for myself against the constant overuse of technology because this is what's right for me.
Rose Quartz is 100% correct