Luddite (noun, dating from 1811) - name taken by a group of protesters who destroyed machinery in Midlands and northern England 1811-16 for fear it would deprive them of work. Name supposedly originates from Ned Ludd, a Leicestershire worker who had wrecked machinery in 1779. Name is applied to modern rejecters of automation and technology from at least 1961.
Tuesday 8 November 2011
Robots Are Taking Our Jobs
Yet another interesting blog post on the subject of the Luddite fallacy and the rise of technology:
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