The Wonderland

Technology, think of the Internet for example which errupts with activity, has become indispensable. Our life has undergone a complete change.

More and more of us are nowadays staying at home, using it to chat, email messages or make new friends, thus losing the stimulus that comes from being in direct contact with other people. Dozens of questions surface. Is the Internet blurring the line between real experience and imagined one? Between living and non-living?

At the same time, can we really reject the positive influence the Internet has on our minds? It is its invention that started the information revolution. Is there a limit to what we can do or experience through it? Will we have to take sides? To make it part and parcel of our existence or to become the 21st century Luddites?

It is this magic broom we use along with our imagination to fly and reach otherwise inaccessible destinations. A journey of unparalleled and unique opportunities - a Wonderland

The Luddites were a social movement of English textile workers in the early 1800s who protested — often by destroying textile machines — against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt threatened their jobs. The movement, which began in 1811, was named after a mythical leader, Ned Ludd. For a short time the movement was so strong that it clashed in battles with the British Army. Measures taken by the government included a mass trial at York in 1813 that resulted in many death penalties and transportations (deportation to a penal colony). The English historical movement has to be seen in its context of the harsh economic climate due to the Napoleonic Wars; but since then, the term Luddite has been used to describe anyone opposed to technological progress and technological change. For the modern movement of opposition to technology, see neo-luddism. Their principal objection was to the introduction of new wide-framed looms that could be operated by cheap, relatively unskilled labour, resulting in the loss of jobs for many textile workers. Similar objections have risen throughout history, for example with the introduction of robots to assembly lines. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite)