“Luddites and Early Adopters are the two different groups of people in terms of adaptation.
A Luddite would be classified as “all those who hopelessly and fruitlessly resist and
oppose technological innovation” (Graham 1999: 6). An Early Adopter is one that desires
the implementation of new technology as soon as it’s available. Luddites see technological
progress as a determinate to society because it may take away jobs. Early Adopters see
technological innovation as a way to keep jobs, as there will be demand for these new
products. Early Adopters have the knowledge, and intuition, to figure out these new
challenges in technology, whereas Luddites care not to learn or understand new
technology.”
“The adoption trends of my family tend to lean toward being early adapters, but the seven
perceived attributes as stated by Rogers and Fidler found on page 11 in Internet play a
large role in how early my family adopts new technology. For example, my brother and I
purchased a brand new GPS (global positioning system) for my dad, who is a
self-employed contractor, for Christmas. His first reaction was, “I don’t know if I’ll use it.”
Typically, he started off his days with spending ten or more minutes on Google Maps
planning out his route for the day. My dad thought having a printed map of his route that
he personally put together would be better than a GPS that he could not control, so he
thought Google Maps had a relative advantage over the GPS. He also thought the GPS
