The funny thing is that technophobes can actually make a good living by being an opponent of progress. Muddle-headed people with guilt complexes give them plenty of money for their “research” and demented activism. But that’s possible only because of the things they claim to hate — progress, prosperity, capitalism. What if they got their way and suddenly we shrank back to the “earth-friendly” technology of, say, 1300? No more excess wealth and they’d all have to be out scrounging for an occasional meal. My guess is that they would quickly discard their romantic fantasies about the glories of “oneness with Mother Earth” (or is it Gaia now?)