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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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[–] 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