technostalgia

English

Etymology

Blend of techno- +‎ nostalgia

Noun

technostalgia (uncountable)

1. Fond reminiscence of, or longing for, outdated technology.
   • 1997 June 16, Computerworld, volume 31, number 24:

     This isn't just technostalgia or a diatribe against what Nicholas Negroponte calls "digital obesity." The upbeat message is that the search for simplicity is a golden opportunity for IS managers.

   • 2006, David Bell, Science, technology and culture:

     Technostalgia is about the ways in which, in the past, the future was imagined.

Hyponyms

• retrocomputing