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The New Luddites are coming

The New Luddites are coming

Technology may join globalization as a thing once widely seen as positive that is now viewed by many with suspicion

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Dan Perry
Feb 14, 2022
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By Andy Kelly via Unsplash

Should we try to contain the march of technology?

Until recently, any questioning technology was a sure-fire way to draw ridicule. Doing it risked comparison to the Luddites — British textile workers who fought in vain the mechanization of their industry, correctly fearing that machines would displace them.

The argument against t…

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