Who were the Luddites?

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Movement begin in 1811
near Nottingham, England to
protest job loss to
industrialized textile
production

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Campaign of breaking
machines

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Neo-Luddiesrefers to people
critical of technology’s role
in “progress”

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Technophobe: rejects tech

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Technophile: blindly
embraces tech

http://eastman.org/5_timeline/1919.htm