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Luddites

One of a group of early-nineteenth-century English workmen who destroyed labor-saving machinery in protest. The Luddites were the first organized movement to oppose the mechanized technology of the Industrial Revolution. Today, the Luddites are a symbol of opposition to technology.


Articles on KurzweilAI.net that refer to Luddites

The Age of Spiritual Machines: Glossary By Ray Kurzweil
Techies vs. Neo-Luddites: Progress Action Coalition Formed By Amara D. Angelica
The Human Machine Merger: Why We Will Spend Most of Our Time in Virtual Reality in the Twenty-first Century By Ray Kurzweil
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The Age of Intelligent Machines: Footnotes By Ray Kurzweil
The Age of Intelligent Machines, Prologue: The Second Industrial Revolution By Ray Kurzweil
Millennium 3000 Scenarios By Theodore J. Gordon and Jerome C. Glenn
Technotopia and the Death of Nature By James John Bell

News Articles that refer to Luddites

Rebels Against the Future: Witnessing the birth of the global anti-technology movement
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