>>>But there is also a backlash, and I would like to hear your views on ways in which a culture of technophobia has in some quarters developed as a symbol of traditional values. I regularly hear of writers, particularly poets for some reason, who eschew computers and proudly declare they have never used one, and have vowed to never visit the internet or have an email address. However, I assume most of these people accept computers in their banks, washing-machines, TVs, transport etc etc so their negativity seems to be directed towards the personal computer rather than computers per se.>>>