I actually think it's a good idea to bring focus on Luddism. The core issue is the difference between technology and industrialism. As the author points out, t

I actually think it's a good idea to bring focus on Luddism. The core issue is the difference between technology and industrialism. As the author points out, the Luddites were not opposed to novelty or technology itself. What they were opposing was the industrial mode of production that they perceived as inhuman and exploitative, and destroying particular tools was a tactical measure to stop that process. A while ago I stumbled over one of George Hotz's blog posts about this which I think fits the discussion.[1]. I don't think we differentiate enough between technology in itself and how it is used within our economic systems, and how that's not the same thing, instead we just have this vague Whig history style narrative of 'progress'. That corporate-PR Accenture quote in OPs article is painful. [1]https://geohot.github.io/blog/jekyll/update/2021/01/18/technology-without-industry.html https://geohot.github.io/blog/jekyll/update/2021/01/18/techn...