what's the term for someone resistent to tech. change/progress?

[Comdrpopnfresh]

I think it's an ideology, one of those ones where someone who embodies the ideology is a "something"-ist .
A smallscale example would be people who foresake the modern cell phone for something that just places calls- but stronger than the person just calling the average mod. phone 'frilly' or somethign like that

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Moron's.

 

[tfinch2]

luddite

 

[lxskllr]

Mom

 

[Comdrpopnfresh]

luddite

BINGO- thank you for clearing my thought block!

other responses: valid, just not he intended answer I was seeking.

 

[MovingTarget]

Ummm.....me? I forsake modern cell phones in favor of one that "just makes calls".

...although, maybe "cheap" is more accurate than "luddite" as I don't care to pay an extra $15+ for data every month.

 

[Spoooon]

An interesting read...

 

[Schadenfroh]

Luddites like Ted

Pre-Luddite

Post-Luddite

 

[BoomerD]

BoomerD?

 

[SandEagle]

simpleton

 

[Fritzo]

People like this usually need to feel in control and the smartest person in the room. Tech takes them out of their comfort zone and exposes them to a situation where they don't feel in control anymore.

Hence, they get a disdain for technology.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

Since luddite's already been mentioned, there's also technophobe. And Amish.

 

[schneiderguy]

BoomerD?

You're old, it's expected of you.

 

[KGB]

Not all tech is 'progress'.

 

[Spikesoldier]

laggard

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Not all tech is 'progress'.

Five years from now every civilized man, woman, and child will own an iPhone and depend on it for life. Everyone knows this.

 

[Greenman]

Five years from now every civilized man, woman, and child will own an iPhone and depend on it for life. Everyone knows this.

Everyone but me.

 

[SZLiao214]

Retard?

 

[gorcorps]

old

 

[BoomerD]

Everyone but me.

Or me...even if we decide to get cell phones again...I certainly don't think it'll be an iPhone. Droid...maybe.

 

[moshquerade]

recalcitrant

 

[SandEagle]

recalcitrant

super fail.


re·cal·ci·trant
Adjective: Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority.

 

[Texashiker]

I call it keeping things simple.

A smallscale example would be people who foresake the modern cell phone for something that just places callst

I much prefer a simple phone to the modern smart phone. Dont even bother sending me a text, because I am not going to reply.

Technology moves so fast, I dont see a point in trying to keep up.

The technology I want is not available yet. Like being able to take a tablet out on a camping trip, film, edit and upload the video to youtube. Some of the tablet readers dont even have a usb slot in them.

Also, I dont see spending $400+ on a tablet so I can browse the net from my couch when I can use my PC.

Let prices come down so that stuff is more affordable, and we will go from there,

 

[Wanescotting]

traditionalist? But we done it that way for a hundred years.......

 

[SandEagle]

technophobe