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I'm not sure this is laggard behaviour. Laggards are defined as having no thought leadership qualities, they are literally late to the party. There's an argume
by austinjp 3y ago
I'm not sure this is laggard behaviour. Laggards are defined as having no thought leadership qualities, they are literally late to the party.
There's an argument that this is quite the reverse: it's innovative behaviour since it demonstrates comparative rarity, leadership (pointing the way), novelty (we should do things differently), etc.
Frankly, I think this thread points to some of the weaknesses in the Diffusion of Innovations theory (which on the whole I quite like). It doesn't neatly model 'luddites', those who are exposed to 'innovations' and understand them, yet reject them for whatever reason.
- ghaff 3y agoYeah. If you look at a list of technical innovations I expect that there is a whole list of often perfectly rational reasons why some inventions took longer to hit high penetrations levels than others. It's not just "I hate change." I certainly don't think I'm a luddite in general but there are a lot of things that I'm just "Meh. Don't need it."
- whynotmaybe 3y agoI'm the "meh don't need it type" but whatever the feelings I have, I can't rent a car or buy a plane ticket without a credit card. Some shops don't even accept cash anymore. Don't get me started about the worst recent innovation : a Friggin 21" monitor for the "infotainment" in a car. But I know that if I have to change my current car, it would be almost impossible to have a car without a television on the console. Unless I buy an old car which pollutes too much. I think that "meh don't need it" is the first step to "I'm gettin too old for this shit"
- vachina 3y agoYou can buy a Honda Civic and rip out the head unit. But yeah, infotainment screen is nice for the first week but is good as useless.