Talk:Luddite

Modern Perspective

To get one modern perspective, try to find a book called Sabotage in the American Workplace, I think from AK Press. It's just about a hundred stories summarized from interviews with real people about why they had (and in only one case, had not) done things at workk that they weren't "supposed" to do, everything from breaking equipment to get a break, to stealing supplies, to spitting in the soup. --JohnAbbe

Kirkpatrick Sales' 1996 book "Rebels Against the Future: The Luddites and their War on the Industrial Revolution" London: Quartet Books is worth a read. It concentrates on Luddites and touches on Neo-Luddites. For the insights of scientist looking at his work and the potential harm it may hold (esp. nanotechnology) take a look at: Joy, Bill (2001): "Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us" URL www.aaas.org/spp/rd/ch3.pdf (as printed in 'Wired' magazine). To examine other views on nanotechnology see ch4,5, and 6 within same site address. --RichardSeabury

Requested move 12 August 2024

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The result of the move request was: not moved to the proposed title at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 13:57, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]


LudditeLuddismLuddism – For consistency with other Wikipedia articles, naming the movement rather than a term for adherents. Jruderman (talk) 13:50, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME, ngram view reference above BrigadierG (talk) 23:55, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Wiki Education assignment: The Metropolis and War

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Article on "neo-Luddites"

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/style/lamp-club-luddites.html Mapsax (talk) 02:09, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]