Writer's Block: Luddites unite!

[vvvexation]

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Turn away from technology?

What, you mean quit doing things like, oh I dunno, wearing clothes? And eating with utensils? And cooking our food?

...yeah, let me get back to you on that.

Comments

[imnotbob.livejournal.com]

I get the feeling that a lot of people who want to get back to nature have never actualy been to nature.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

And also, that a lot of people are sloppy about the meaning of the word "technology."

[imnotbob.livejournal.com]

At one point in time, a pointed stick was high tech..

[chinders.livejournal.com]

This reminds me of the end of Battlestar Galactica, where they were like "technology is evil, you know. Let's be savages instead." Er, really? Do you even know how to make fire with your hands? How bout those glasses you are wearing?

Geez.

[imnotbob.livejournal.com]

I guess this is why everyone supposedly is descended from Hera, everyone else died within a few weeks of landing.

[chinders.livejournal.com]

No freaking kidding. Look, I'm sure you're a very tough fighter pilot, but do you have any idea what prolonged exposure will do to someone who has NO IDEA how to survive in the wilderness?

Yeah, let's forsake technology. I'm riiiight behind you.

[rackstraw.livejournal.com]

What if we all ate fruit and didn't populate the world outside of tropical zones?

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

At this point it would take a massive die-off to make that possible.

[rackstraw.livejournal.com]

Elect Al Ghul in 2012!