12∞ · Question 11.7.3
Were the Luddites simply against technology?
No. The English weavers who broke machines in the 1810s were skilled workers whose livelihoods were being destroyed while factory owners kept the gains.
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
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- Part
- 11: How Humanity Got Here
- Gate
- 11.7: Technology Without Wisdom
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- Page 375
- ← 11.7.2 · How did fossil fuels remake human life?
- 11.7.4 → · What is planned obsolescence?
- All of Part 11
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