Kurt Vonnegut

“Do you know what a Luddite is? That’s a person who doesn’t like newfangled contraptions. Contraptions like nuclear submarines armed with Poseidon missiles that have H-bombs in their warheads, and like computers that cheat you out of becoming. Bill Gates says, “Wait till you can see what your computer can become.” But it’s you who should be doing the becoming. What you can become is the miracle you were born to work—not the damn fool computer.” - Kurt Vonnegut

I understand what Kurt Vonnegut is saying, but I don't know if I completely agree. I can understand why someone would believe that computers can hold you back from growing up, especially with kids who spend all their time in front of the computer. But at the same time, computers and technology have moved our earth a lot further, and had we not had technology, we would be living in very hard times.