technopeasant

plural technopeasants

1. informalOne who is disadvantaged or exploited within a modern technological society, especially through inability to use computer technology.

   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

   4 more examples

   “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

   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