History Main / Technophobia

* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': In the episode ''Dan vs Technology'', both Dan and Chris encounter a hermit named Hiram. He hates technology so much that he is angered by hearing about it. In fact, he threatens to kill Dan and Chris after learning Dan likes television. [[spoiler:Later in the episode, it is revealed that Hiram used to be the partner of Omicron CEO Barry Ditmer. His ideas and inventions were stolen by Ditmer. As the result, Hiram disappeared from society and decided to shun technology.]]

* In general people who came from different eras with the time became uncomfortable with the new (or actual) technology, staying the the old one they used instead to embrace the new one. The example transforms into LuddWasRight with some extremist groups like Luddites (who are against technology) and Amish (who reject it, though to different degrees-they have independent communities with varying rules).

* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': In the episode ''Dan vs Technology'', both Dan and Chris encounter a hermit named Hiram. He hates technology so much that he is angered by hearing about it. In fact, he threatens to kill Dan and Chris after learning Dan likes television. [[spoiler:Later in the episode, it is revealed that Hiram used to be the partner of Omicron CEO Barry Ditmer. His ideas and inventions were stolen by Ditmer. As a result, Hiram left the company and decided to shun technology.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs.'': In the episode ''Dan vs Technology'', both Dan and Chris encounter a hermit named Hiram. He hates technology so much that he is angered by hearing about it. In fact, he threatens to kill Dan and Chris after learning Dan likes television. [[spoiler:Later in the episode, it is revealed that Hiram used to be the partner of Omicron CEO Barry Ditmer. His ideas and inventions were stolen by Ditmer. As a result, Hiram left the company and decided to shun technology.]]

* ''Dan Vs.'': In the episode ''Dan vs Technology'', both Dan and Chris encounter a hermit named Hiram. He hates technology so much that he is angered by hearing about it. In fact, he threatens to kill Dan and Chris after learning Dan likes television. [[spoiler:Later in the episode, it is revealed that Hiram used to be the partner of Omicron CEO Barry Ditmer. His ideas and inventions were stolen by Ditmer. As a result, Hiram left the company and decided to shun technology.]]

* ''Dan Vs.'': In the episode Dan vs Technology, both Dan and Chris encounter a hermit named Hiram. He hates technology so much that he is angered by hearing about it. In fact, he threatens to kill Dan and Chris after learning Dan likes television. Later in the episode, it is revealed that Hiram used to be the partner of Omicron CEO Barry Ditmer. His ideas and inventions were stolen by Ditmer. As a result, Hiram left the company and decided to shun technology.

EvilLuddite is an extreme example of this trope. This is a lot milder, and often applies to some of the protagonists to create tension. Can be related to NewTechnologyIsEvil and ScienceIsBad.

* In ''Film/{{Surrogates}}'', there are "dread reservations" which consist of communities that strongly oppose the use of surrogate robots, which are use by the vast majority of the world's population to live their daily lives risk free, while they consider them abominations and will attack surrogates if they come into their communities.

* In the ''Literature/AnitaBlake'' series, it's mentioned by Anita that really old vampires can be technophobes. They just aren't used to it, and don't trust or understand new technology.

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* In the American version of ''Series/BeingHumanUS'', some of the ancient vampires awake to pay a visit on the Chicago district. They are notably wary of all the technological advancements, and frequently make remarks about how the old ways were better.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'', the Spiritualist ethos is this. They are oposed to the Materialist focus which boosts research. They also dislike it if you allow the construction of Robotics and the enhancement of leaders. Funny enough, Robotics themself can get the Spiritualist ethos, leading to Synthetics demanding their own extinction. This was later patched to Spiritualistic Synthetics accepting themself.

* ''WesternAnimation/RoswellConspiracies'': The Banshees are a tribe of aliens that arrived on Earth and settled in the wilds of Ireland. Their society is close to the earth and nature, which makes them distrustful to downright homicidal when machines are involved. Sh'lainn is the only known exception, having a more progressive attitude toward technology (she was in favor of steam engines), but even she is frequently hear exclaiming, "I hate technology, I ''hate'' it!"

* Author Creator/StephenKing has a bit of this, particularly with regard to his mistrust of electronic books and e-readers...and since he's Stephen King, he has enough clout to get his way about how and if his books are published in ebook format: one novel, ''Literature/{{Joyland}},'' was published under the proviso that it never be released as an ebook (though he eventually relented). He hates cell phones and once wrote [[Literature/{{Cell}} a whole book]] where [[{{Anvilicious}} they turn the world into zombies]]. Another novella, ''UR'', written exclusively for Amazon Kindle, is about [[TakeThat a sinister time-travelling Kindle]]. He's also not the greatest fan of television; in ''On Writing'' he recommends that aspiring writers should [[KillItWithFire blow up their TVs]].

** A trait introduced in the Sims 3. Sims who are technophobes generally try to avoid any forms of technology, including television.

** A trait introduced in the Sims 3. Sims who are technophobes generally try to avoid any forms of technology, including television.

* A trait introduced in the Sims 3. Sims who are technophobes generally try to avoid any forms of technology, including television.

This trope covers technology in general as the primary motivator. Aversion of a specific type of technology (such as DoesntLikeGuns) might be Sub-Tropes.

* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': The Yuuzhan Vong are a race that utilize engineered organic creatures where other races would use mechanical devices or droids. They see any mechanical technology as an affront to their gods and seek to destroy it and those who use it wherever they are found.

* In the ''Literature/AnitaBlake'' series, it's mentioned by Anita that really old vampires can be technophobes. They just aren't used to, don't trust and don't understand new technology.

** In "Rule of Law", Judge Joshua Finch left Earth and took up the assignment of Fifth Circuit judge on the relatively isolated colony planet Daedalus because he hates anything to do with technology.

* In general people who came from different eras with the time became uncomfortable with the new (or actual) technology, staying the the old one they used instead to embrace the new one. The example transforms into LuddWasRight with some extremist groups like Luddites (who are against technology) and Amish (who reject it).

* Author Creator/StephenKing has a bit of this, particularly with regard to his mistrust of electronic books and ereaders...and since he's Stephen King, he has enough clout to get his way about how and if his books are published in ebook format: one novel, ''Literature/{{Joyland}},'' was published under the proviso that it never be released as an ebook (though he eventually relented). He hates cell phones and once wrote [[Literature/{{Cell}} a whole book]] where [[{{Anvilicious}} they turn the world into zombies]]. Another novella, ''UR'', written exclusively for Amazon Kindle, is about [[TakeThat a sinister time-travelling Kindle]]. He's also not the greatest fan of television; in ''On Writing'' he recommends that aspiring writers should [[KillItWithFire blow up their TVs]].

* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In "Rule of Law", Judge Joshua Finch left Earth and took up the assignment of Fifth Circuit judge on the relatively isolated colony planet Daedalus because he hates anything to do with technology.

This trope can also be brought on as a result of religious teachings (As is the case of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'''s Yevonite religion or the real world Luddites), or as a result of a dichotomy such as Magic vs Technology (''Literature/TheDarkswordTrilogy'') or Nature vs Technology (''WesternAnimation/FernGully'' or ''Film/{{Avatar}}'').

* In ''Film/{{Surrogates}}'', there are "dread reservations" which consist of communities that strongly oppose the use of surrogate robots, which are use by the vast majority of the world's population to live their daily lives risk free, which they consider them abominations and will attack surrogates if they come into their communities.

* Creator/CormacMcCarthy is a notorious technophobe, to the point that he eschews computers and writes everything on a mechanical typewriter. He avoids television and radio, he allegedly doesn't own a phone, and he refuses to have any sort of official website or social media account. Only in 2016, when rumors began circulating on Website/{{Twitter}} that [=McCarthy=] had died, did he finally permitted his publisher to post a terse statement: "Cormac [=McCarthy=] is alive and well and still doesn't care about Twitter."

** The Viera of [[Franchise/IvaliceAlliance Ivalice]] (''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'') choose to remain in their forests sheltered from the outside world, thereby shunning technological advances that could harm nature.

* Creator/CormacMcCarthy is a notorious technophobe, to the point that he eschews computers and writes everything on a mechanical typewriter. He avoids television and radio, he allegedly doesn't own a phone, and he refuses to have any sort of official website or social media account. Only in 2016, when rumors began circulating on Twitter that [=McCarthy=] had died, did he finally permitted his publisher to post a terse statement: "Cormac [=McCarthy=] is alive and well and still doesn't care about Twitter."

* In the American version of ''Series/BeingHuman'', some of the ancient vampires awake to pay a visit on the Chicago district. They are notably wary of all the technological advancements, and frequently make remarks about how the old ways were better.

** The Vierra of Ivalice (''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'') choose to remain in their forests sheltered from the outside world, thereby shunning technological advances that could harm nature.

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* Almost all (if not all) aboriginal tribes around the world aren't (and won't) be fond of technology in general, not necessarily modern tech, and usually try to avoid it.