Graedon comes down firmly on the side of the luddites, but her vision of the future is less alarmist than alarmingly within reach.
This Week’s Hot Reads: April 21, 2014|Thomas Flynn|April 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Paul Krugman has a column today on a topic you don't normally get much of from economists: sympathy for the Luddites.
When Work Disappears|Megan McArdle|June 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Among the numerous manufacturers whose works were attacked by the Luddites, was the inventor of the bobbin-net machine himself.
Self-Help|Samuel Smiles
The attitude of the Luddites had become more openly threatening.
Through the Fray|G. A. Henty
I suppose it will not be for very long, for I expect that we shall not hear very much more of the Luddites.
Through the Fray|G. A. Henty
The attack on the mill has come at last and we have given the Luddites a handsome thrashing.
Through the Fray|G. A. Henty
In November many Luddites were convicted, and sixteen were executed by sentence of a special commission sitting at York.
The Political History of England - Vol XI|George Brodrick
Luddites
[ (lud-eyets) ]
Opponents of the introduction of labor-saving machinery. The original Luddites, followers of a legendary Ned Ludd, were British laborers of the early nineteenth century who smashed textile-making machines that threatened their jobs.
notes for Luddites
Contemporary opponents of technological change are sometimes called “Luddites.”