Maybe the concept is not much older than that. Luddite implies resistance to technological change and the disruptive consequences of those changes. Before the

Maybe the concept is not much older than that. Luddite implies resistance to technological change and the disruptive consequences of those changes. Before the early modern era, you might go your whole life never encountering/seeing/being replaced by a disruptive new technology. If you've never experienced repeated new changes of that sort you could hardly develop a dislike for them.