Name this Technophobe

[Brad DeLong]

>>From: "Nathan Newman" <nathan at newman.org>
>>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>>To: <lbo-Talk at lists.panix.com>
>>Subject: Name this Technophobe
>>Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 09:21:57 -0500
>>
>>Can you guess who this anti-technology development activist is?
>>[If you already know, no cheating.  Let a few folks guess].
>>
>>'People who thought that developing countries could benefit
>>from the e-economy had no idea what it meant to live on $1
>>a day with no electricity,' said [X]. 'You're just buying
>>food; you're trying to stay alive.'
>
>Guess?  Nathan, I posted the entire NYT article on this guy's 
>apostasy to the list last week.  On the assumption others also did 
>not read that post, I'll stay mum about this fellow's identity, 
>other than to note he's a close friend of the Justice Dept.
>
>Carl

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