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What Luddites can teach us about resisting an automated future (www.technologyreview.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Summarized with the power of wet intelligence:

  • History of Luddism - Looms
  • Scientific Management and empiricism-washing
  • Luddism in the present - VPNs, dark web, browser extensions, etc.
  • PS something something racial bias

It's one of those comics whose impact and memorability is stunted by its preoccupation with info-dumping.