Pynchon and computers

[Jan Klimkowski]

For me,  the Luddite article shows that TP recognized the shift in attitude 
of the counterculture towards computers, or more accurately, towards 
Technology, that was occurring around the early 80s.   For Stewart Brand, 
the Sixties were all about "access to tools"; once the 
BigBrotherMainFrameNightmare was replaced by PCs linked to the world (a 
World?) by modems, access to tools was achieved.  For its proponents, that 
particular libertarian vision had won the day.

The crux of the issue is whether TP agrees that the onus is now on us to use 
Technology to create the sort of world we want (rather than let Technology 
determine all); or whether the old Luddite absolutes still stand.

I eagerly await my copy of Sale's Luddite history.....

Sisterly
jan