The Fallacy of the Neo-Luddites May 2003 Dave Kamioner, Director of Marketing The now more than decade-old digital revolution has spawned a cultural backlash amongst many who see the IT industry as a stilted antinomian preserve that rarely sees the light of genteel souls of erudition. Are they correct? Is it an engineering gone slaphappy theology that is reminiscent of the Forbin Project? Yes, and it doesn’t matter. Because it is here to stay, like it or not. No, we’re likely not heading in to a Toffleresque Third Wave of Orwellian regimentation and thought control, but as information becomes more widely disseminated and more quickly accessed, there will be a loss at the charm of Luddism. Get over it. Luddism?  A quaint movement that sprung up in the upswing of the industrial age that decried the rise automation and technology that naturally drastically changed the economic landscape, i.e.-what of all those poor candle makers that’ll be thrown out of work by that evil Mr. Edison. I confess to be a closet Luddite myself, having gotten along beautifully with my Smith Corona electric portable and then with my IBM Selectric II before word processors came along and ruined everything. But just as Royal McBee and Remington aficionados no doubt looked upon the first electrics as parvenus, so, now comfortably ensconced in front of my keyboard for many years, my beloved old typewriters seem to be out of the Paleolithic age, at least to my sons. As such those, like this company and our chief Peter Abraham, who embrace and thrive on the technological challenges inherent in today’s fast-paced IT industry will also lead the way in a larger seismic shift in the way the world does business and deals with even very personal issues. In a free and competitive free market driven society, it should be no other way.