Technology Skepticism Quotes

I am not a Luddite. I am suspicious of technology. I am perfectly aware of its benefits, but I also try to pay attention to some of the negative effects.

People who worry about genetically modified food, a technology which has been tested and proven safe, talk to each other on cell phones which have not been tested and proven safe.

I'm a little suspicious of using microwaves.

I have been a member of the Microsoft-bashing society for quite some time.

It is interesting to come across people who feel that a ghost communicating via a spell-checker is less far-fetched than a software glitch.

I don't think bots work.

Maybe I'm a bit of a Luddite.

I think in the '80s, when I started making films, we were all suspicious of these technologies. We were all convinced they would filter out any emotion and sense of intimacy, and the films I made during that period reflected that. In fact, what has happened is the opposite. I think we're saturated with a degree of intimacy we would never have expected, and we're trying to sort through this idea of complete access to each other's lives on an ongoing basis. Our emotions aren't filtered out at all. They're actually accelerated.

I'm not a tweeter or a Facebooker or a Grammer. I'm a real grump when it comes to technology. I'm like, come on, just write me a letter.

I've got my kids brainwashed: You don't use Google, and you don't use an iPod.

I'm not keen on the Internet. I don't trust it.

I'm a total technophobe. What is wrong with paper and pen? I was delighted when I learnt the word 'Luddite,' as I thought it described me perfectly.

I am the complete and utter definition of a Luddite.

My theory is that there's a knee-jerk reaction against technology in movie making.

I'm a bit of a Luddite.

I'm not actually terrified of technology. Though I'm certainly not an early adopter, either.

I try not to read Google.

When I first got pitched on Uber, I thought it was the dumbest idea ever.

I saw the Internet as being something which would allow power mongers to control us, and that we would willingly go to that if it promised us salvation - if it promised to show us who we were and let us find ourselves as we had, uniquely in our generation, through rock music.

I didn't know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time.

Most serious writers refuse to make themselves available to the things that technology is doing. I've never been able to understand this sort of fear.

I am not gadgety at all. It's not that I'm appalled by technology, but I've taken my time acquiring any of it.

I'm actually a bit of a technophobe, which surprises people. I like to stay unplugged as much as possible.

I don't use the Internet, but apparently you can find out everything on it.

I'm not big on technology; I only get what I need.