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.
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains...
Another interesting article - and one which takes pains to put the Luddites back into their right context!
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