Luddism

[Dave Monroe]

Luddism
Neo-Luddites
and Dystopian Views of Technology

Cultural change necessarily involves resistance to change. The term
Luddite has been resurrected from a previous era to describe one who
distrusts or fears the inevitable changes brought about by new
technology. The original Luddite revolt occurred in 1811, an action
against the English Textile factories that displaced craftsmen in
favor of machines. Today's Luddites continue to raise moral and
ethical arguments against the excesses of modern technology to the
extent that our inventions and our technical systems have evolved to
control us rather than to serve us and to the extent that such
leviathans can threaten our essential humanity.

http://carbon.ucdenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/luddite.html