There are many ways to describe those who fear encroaching technology: Luddites, technophobes and, incorrectly, President Rutherford B. Hayes. To Hayes is attributed a technophobia so intense that he allegedly questioned the value of having a telephone in the White House Oval Office.
However, Hayes deserves a bit more credit for recognizing the potential of communications and information technology than the White House’s current occupant and his administration.
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