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‘I’m a modern-day luddite’: Meet the students who don’t use laptops (www.dazeddigital.com)
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The vast majority of students rely on laptops – and increasingly AI – to help with their university work. But a small number are going analogue and eschewing tech almost entirely in a bid to re-engage their brains

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[–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 124 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

That’s not what being a Luddite means

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 1 points 59 minutes ago

In your defense, the statement specifies "modern-day Luddite" which compares it to the historical Luddite bands and excludes the first meaning of the Oxford dictionary.

Also, avoiding is not the same as opposing.

[–] mienshao@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

What a pedantic (and incorrect) take. Luddite can absolutely mean a person who purposefully avoids technology.

I’m sure I’ll get downvoted, but words can have multiple meanings and take on new meanings over time. Luddite is one of them. This article used it properly.

And anyone who disagrees with me can kiss my linguistics-degree-holding ass.

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, there's this stereotype that professional/qualified linguistics are like super prescriptive but in reality most either don't give a shit or are interested in informal language

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

What does it mean then?

[–] HellieSkellie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

"He goes to the library with nothing but his “pen and paper,” and stays there until his essay is done. “Then I’m free to doomscroll Instagram on my phone without any guilt"

  1. He doesn't seem very opposed to technology if he just goes straight home and doomscrolls

  2. Are laptops really new technology to this kid if they've existed for his entire life?

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

$5 says it's the "what's a computer" kid from like a decade ago

"'laptop'? it's like a foldable but with half a screen??? and why is this keyboard broken, all the keys move?? how do I get an overwatch skin for it?? this is awful"