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A little more than two centuries ago in the English city of Nottingham, groups of cloth workers began destroying knitting frames and power looms. Manufacturers were using these machines to replace the ...

I am one of those people who often resists new technology, like the 19th century Luddites. Hey, what’s wrong with a rotary dial phone or the 1967 Ampex 16-track professional audio recorder? I still ...

The dictionary definition of “Luddite” broadly refers to “one who is opposed to especially technological change.” Although the dictionary also mentions that Luddites were a real 19th Century movement, ...