n. A person who has a balanced and realistic view of technology.
2002
Technorealists advocate the exploration of the consequences, especially those that are unintended, wrought by various technologies, without resorting to intangible conclusions.
1998
In response to these views, the dissidents wrote a manifesto calling for "techno-realism" and calling themselves techno-realists. This manifesto—instantly given its own World Wide Web site at www.technorealism.org—rejects the "louder voices at the extremes" in favor of a more balanced consensus, a "fertile middle ground between techno-utopianism and neo-Luddism."
1998 (earliest)
As technorealists, we seek to expand the fertile middle ground between techno-utopianism and neo-Luddism.