Just started reading a great book “The Future Does Not Compute” by Stephen Talbott. It was published back in 1995 and is considered the key text of the “neo-luddite” movement. I am not very far into it, but I will report on my opinions as I go. It is a treatise on the risks inherent in technology. In many ways it is the counter-balance to books like “Smart Mobs” by Howard Rheingold and “The Age of Spiritual Machines” by Ray Kurzweil. Those texts (particularly Spiritual Machines) tend to take a somewhat Utopian view of technology, while Talbott lays out the dangers of technology out of control. A fascinating read, particularly for a Waldorf parent like myself.