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neo-Luddite

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From neo- +‎ Luddite.

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  • Hyphenation: neo‧Lud‧dite

Adjective

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neo-Luddite (comparative more neo-Luddite, superlative most neo-Luddite)

  1. (sometimes derogatory) Opposed to technology, in the fashion of the Luddites.
    • 1970, Robert Theobald, The Economics of Abundance: A Non-inflationary Future, page 130:
      One is a neo-Luddite revolt, aiming to destroy machines and machine systems []
    • 1995, Kirkpatrick Sale, Rebels Against the Future: The Luddites and Their War on the Industrial Revolution, →ISBN, page 254:
      Last along the spectrum comes a diverse set of social critics, activists and intellectuals for the most part, who accept the neo-Luddite label without demur and are consciously working to adapt certain of the Luddite fundamentals to contemporary politics.
    • 2003, Christina Garsten, Helena Wulff, New Technologies at Work: People, Screens and Social Virtuality, page 172:
      One such collection of thoughts is the neo-Luddite spectrum. Not yet an organized movement, the neo-Luddite approach contains multitudes of []
    • 2004, Peyton Paxson, Media Literacy: Thinking Critically about the Internet, page 17:
      However, as the original Luddites did, a small number of people within the neo-Luddite movement have resorted to criminal activity.
    • 2024 February 2, Brian Merchant, “The New Luddites Aren’t Backing Down”, in The Atlantic[1]:
      Past neo-Luddite movements have, it should be noted, come and gone. In the 1990s, activist writers such as Kirkpatrick Sale called for a neo-Luddism that rejected the computer age altogether, arguing that “a world dominated by the technologies of industrial society is fundamentally more detrimental than beneficial to human happiness and survival.”
    • 2024 February 17, Tom Lamont, “‘Humanity’s remaining timeline? It looks more like five years than 50’: meet the neo-luddites warning of an AI apocalypse”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
      Nick Hilton, host of a neo-luddite podcast called The Ned Ludd Radio Hour, has invited me over for a cup of tea.

Noun

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neo-Luddite (plural neo-Luddites)

  1. (sometimes derogatory) One who opposes technology or scientific progress, in the fashion of the Luddites.
    • 1985, Greg Bear, “Blood Music”, in The Collected Stories of Greg Bear, published 2004, page 32:
      "Neo-Luddite," I said to myself. A filthy accusation.
    • 1995 July, Bob Ickes, “Die, Computer, Die!”, in New York, →ISSN, page 24:
      Yet the neo-Luddite resistance is remarkably disparate. Some flee to the woods; others, taking a less courageous stand, are content to dis the microwave oven and cellular phone. But on one major point, neo-Luddites agree: They would loathe computerization even if hordes of unwitting neo-Luddites hadn't suddenly made technophobia so trendy.
    • 2024 February 17, Tom Lamont, “‘Humanity’s remaining timeline? It looks more like five years than 50’: meet the neo-luddites warning of an AI apocalypse”, in The Guardian[3], →ISSN:
      Where a techno-pessimist like Yudkowsky would have us address the biggest-picture threats conceivable [] neo-luddites tend to focus on ground-level concerns. Employment, especially, because this is where technology enriched by AIs seems to be causing the most pain.
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