Daydreaming and "wasting time" are correlated with creativity and insight. There is a tendency these days to trivialize the mind by being permanently preoccupied with little things, like checking the news, checking the social network, checking the email - things that require a narrow, restricted perspective and effectively kill wider thoughts.

This is akin to eating junk food. There is an innate tendency in us to consume this sort of garbage (burgers, email updates), and it seems nourishing and useful in the short term, but over a longer range it may well prove disastrous.

Just like we learned to keep our instincts in check and avoid junk food, we may have to learn to keep the trivia-hungry part of our brains in a leash, and once in a while, or perhaps several times a day, purposefully unplug from the data hive and let the mind soar, roam, wander, or whatever it is that it wants to do.

So, I'd say, the answer is "no", you're not a Luddite, you're pointing out an important issue.