Several societal groups are considered technophobic, the most recognisable of which are the Luddites. Flint lives with Tim, his widowed technophobic father, and his pet monkey, Steve. The overall percentage of the 3,392 students who responded with high-level technophobic fears was 29%. This novel describes an agrarian, technophobic society that develops after a nuclear war. Rao is technophobic and he never checks his email by himself.