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Quoting the Wikipedia link you gave: "Luddites were not opposed to the use of machines per se (many were skilled operators in the textile industry); they attac
by eesmith 20d ago
Quoting the Wikipedia link you gave:
"Luddites were not opposed to the use of machines per se (many were skilled operators in the textile industry); they attacked manufacturers who were trying to circumvent standard labour practices of the time".
How is that meaningfully different than what I wrote?
- SideQuark 18d agoIt’s the difference between “he hates food” and “he hates some food”. If you don’t see the first as a not honest, misleading restatement of the latter, then we think fundamentally differently about accurate statements.
- eesmith 16d agoIt's the difference between "Paul McCartney is not opposed to food" and "Paul McCartney is opposed to eating meat." Here's a paragraph from p45 of my paperback edition of "The AI Con" on the Luddites: "But Luddites were not against technology. Some Luddites, weavers in particular, were into technologies that helped evaluate the quality of their work, for instance, being able to count the number of threads per inch, such that they could fetch a higher prices at the market. Luddites were instead against technologies of control and coercion, and concerned about the loss of jobs, health, and community." I do not think your assessment of my statement is correct.