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Lessons from the Luddites

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:21.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Personal
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Secondary Source
URL: 

http://www.geomatics.ucalgary.ca/~terry/luddite/sale.html

Author: 
Kirkpatrick Sales
Excerpt: 

As Newt Gingrich has assured us, and as our own daily experience has convinced us, we in the industrial world are in the middle of a social and political revolution that is almost without parallel. Call it "third wave" capitalism, or "postmodern," or "multinational," or whatever; this transformation is, without anyone being prepared for it, overwhelming the communities and institutions and customs that once were the familiar stanchions of our lives. As Newsweek recently said, in a special issue that actually seemed to be celebrating it, this revolution is "outstripping our capacity to cope, antiquating our laws, transforming our mores, reshuffling our economy, reordering our priorities, redefining our workplaces, putting our Constitution to the fire, shifting our concept of reality."

No wonder there are some people who are Just Saying No.

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