What the Luddites Really Fought Against

[David Morris]

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/What-the-Luddites-Really-Fought-Against.html

In an essay in 1984—at the dawn of the personal computer era—the
novelist Thomas Pynchon wondered if it was “O.K. to be a Luddite,”
meaning someone who opposes technological progress. A better question
today is whether it’s even possible. Technology is everywhere, and a
recent headline at an Internet hu-mor site perfectly captured how
difficult it is to resist: “Luddite invents machine to destroy
technology quicker.”