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The original Luddites weren’t anti-technology or technologically incompetent. They were speaking out against the wealthy industrialists threatening their livelihoods. Faced with an industrialized ...
Some Luddites simply want to press 'pause' on the uninhibited march of technological progress. Stan Eales/iStock via Getty Images The term “Luddite” emerged in early 1800s England. At the time there ...
The Luddites arrived on the streets of San Francisco much as they did in the English factories two centuries ago: under cover of darkness and with iconic weapons in hand. In this case, traffic cones.
I've been a PC user for over 25 years, using everything from a Pentium 3 prebuilt PC to a Ryzen 7 5700X custom gaming rig. I've built PCs for friends, family, and paying customers using flagship ...
The term “Luddite” emerged in early 1800s England. At the time there was a thriving textile industry that depended on manual knitting frames and a skilled workforce to create cloth and garments out of ...
They burned down mills in the name of a mythical character called Ludd. So 200 years after their most famous battle, why are we still peppering conversations with the word "Luddite"? It's a popular ...
When the only thing better than a flip phone is no phone at all. “When I got my flip phone, things instantly changed,” a Luddite Club member said. “I started using my brain.”Credit...Scott Rossi for ...
In an essay in 1984—at the dawn of the personal computer era—the novelist Thomas Pynchon wondered if it was “O.K. to be a Luddite,” meaning someone who opposes technological progress. A better ...