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“At one point during a talk in Maine, in the midst of Ivan describing his mistrust of electronic technology and in particular his terror of e-mail, a young man leapt to his feet and shouted out, ‘But, Mr. Illich, don’t you want to communicate with us?’ Ivan immediately shouted back, ‘No. I have absolutely no desire to communicate with you. You may not interact with me, nor do I wish to be downloaded by you. I should like very much to talk to you, to stare at the tip of your nose, to embrace you. But to communicate – for that I have no desire.’
Source: Richard Wall, ‘A Turbulent Priest in the Global Village’, LewRockwell.Com., 2 January 2005.
Image: Ivan Illich, 1926-2002