[Nelson] sometimes shortens to "tekkie", to describe the kind of person who's too blinded by the shiny new thing...
Technophile, as coined by Neil Postman.
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My early disappointment, disillusion with technology was largely validated and informed by Neil Postman's book Technopoly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technopoly
Computers et al were supposed to make everything better, right? Why are my users still struggling? Why after a decade and 100s millions of dollars are we still not seeing seeing a positive ROI, increased productivity, improved quality, or something?
I reread Technopoly a few years back. While I still agree with Postman's thesis, especially how technological progress is often dehumanizing, I disagree with his pessimism.
It is not enough to point out a problem.
Whenever I criticize, I try very hard to figure out a fix. As a recovering technophile, I see in myself how its too easy to be NIMBY and against everything. But that helps no one. So I also try to go the extra distance and communicate what I am for, my affirmative position.
> My early disappointment, dissolution [sic] with technology ...
You were dissolved by technology? Or did you mean to say you were "disillusioned" by technology?
> Computers et al were supposed to make everything better, right?
No, but they spell better than most people can, and even correct people's spelling guesses. However, since "dissolution" is a real word, even a computer wouldn't have been able to correct this error.
Technophile, as coined by Neil Postman.
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My early disappointment, disillusion with technology was largely validated and informed by Neil Postman's book Technopoly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technopoly
Computers et al were supposed to make everything better, right? Why are my users still struggling? Why after a decade and 100s millions of dollars are we still not seeing seeing a positive ROI, increased productivity, improved quality, or something?
I reread Technopoly a few years back. While I still agree with Postman's thesis, especially how technological progress is often dehumanizing, I disagree with his pessimism.
It is not enough to point out a problem.
Whenever I criticize, I try very hard to figure out a fix. As a recovering technophile, I see in myself how its too easy to be NIMBY and against everything. But that helps no one. So I also try to go the extra distance and communicate what I am for, my affirmative position.
Edit: typo.