Dave -- Nobody was misunderstood, perhaps, as much as the (so-called) Luddites. You got it right, they were not protesting technology and progress... They just wanted to participate, and the English industrialists who were making a fortune with "automated" looms, spinners, and other advancements, were boxing them out.
And at the end of my article, see the recommended reference to Brian Merchant's excellent book on the Luddite movement, "Blood in the Machine, The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech" (2013, Little, Brown & Co). Of course, Zack Kass's book "The Next RenAIssance, AI and the Expansion of Human Potential" (2026, John Wiley & Sons) is not to be missed either!
Dave -- Nobody was misunderstood, perhaps, as much as the (so-called) Luddites. You got it right, they were not protesting technology and progress... They just wanted to participate, and the English industrialists who were making a fortune with "automated" looms, spinners, and other advancements, were boxing them out.
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And at the end of my article, see the recommended reference to Brian Merchant's excellent book on the Luddite movement, "Blood in the Machine, The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech" (2013, Little, Brown & Co). Of course, Zack Kass's book "The Next RenAIssance, AI and the Expansion of Human Potential" (2026, John Wiley & Sons) is not to be missed either!