technopeasant
noun/ˈtɛknəʊˌpɛzənt/
Etymology From techno- + peasant.
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Informal One who is disadvantaged or exploited within a modern technological society, especially through inability to use computer technology.
- “You would be able to, if only you′d — ” Jim cut him off in mid-grumble. “I know. ‘If only I′d stop being a technopeasant and open my eyes.’ OK, I know I′ve been a technopeasant, but now I want to open my eyes, and I need you to help me do it.”1994, Stewart Wieck, When Will You Rage?, page 86:
- Being a technopeasant, I took his word for it and bought the rabbit ears for an additional sum. When I got home and uncrated the set, I discovered it had a built-in antenna and that I did not need the extra one.1997, Ruth H. Jacobs, Be an Outrageous Older Woman, page 111:
3 more examples
- In his vision people will be divided into two classes; “the Knows” and the “Know-Nots,” the digirati and the technopeasants.1999, William A. Stahl (William Austin), God and the Chip: Religion and the Culture of Technology, page 47:
- In his other statements it is clear that he regards computer programmers as technopeasants, and this is how many corporations do treat them with programming outsourced to low-wage countries like India.2001, Ruth Cohen, Alien Invasion: How The Harris Tories Mismanaged Ontario, page 182:
- In a 1981 interview he [Frank Herbert] described himself a “technopeasant”.2015 July 3, Hari Kunzru, “Dune, 50 years on: how a science fiction novel changed the world”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- Related terms
- technopeasantry