It time we really start turning the clocks back and revert to old school technology. We don’t need freezers tied into the internet. We r setting ourselves up for catastrophe. The only secure system is one that is offline.
Ludites forever !!! Lol
Ludites forever !!! Lol
November 2, 2026 at 10:50 PM
It time we really start turning the clocks back and revert to old school technology. We don’t need freezers tied into the internet. We r setting ourselves up for catastrophe. The only secure system is one that is offline.
Ludites forever !!! Lol
Ludites forever !!! Lol
are you all telling me you agreed to their terms and conditions without any link to what those T&Cs are?
i have a paid subscription and i’m not using it until they include a link.
i prefer growlr over scruff. i don’t want that polished, trendy interface. hookup apps for ludites, please and thanks!
i have a paid subscription and i’m not using it until they include a link.
i prefer growlr over scruff. i don’t want that polished, trendy interface. hookup apps for ludites, please and thanks!
October 28, 2026 at 2:25 PM
are you all telling me you agreed to their terms and conditions without any link to what those T&Cs are?
i have a paid subscription and i’m not using it until they include a link.
i prefer growlr over scruff. i don’t want that polished, trendy interface. hookup apps for ludites, please and thanks!
i have a paid subscription and i’m not using it until they include a link.
i prefer growlr over scruff. i don’t want that polished, trendy interface. hookup apps for ludites, please and thanks!
Ah yes, ludites, the people who's livelyhoods, income and way of life where taken away by rich people.
Handy that rich people have a name for people like that, so that they can be easily trivialised and dismissed with a thought-terminating cliche.
Handy that rich people have a name for people like that, so that they can be easily trivialised and dismissed with a thought-terminating cliche.
George Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts
George Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts
The Star Wars director has called AI technology ‘the future’ of film-making and advised ‘there’s nothing you can do about it’
Star Wars director George Lucas has added his voice to the growing chorus of film-makers receptive to the rising use of AI tools in moviemaking.
Speaking in an interview with A Rabbit’s Foot, Lucas, 82, said: “Artificial intelligence means it’s much easier for us to make movies.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Ah yes, ludites, the people who's livelyhoods, income and way of life where taken away by rich people.
Handy that rich people have a name for people like that, so that they can be easily trivialised and dismissed with a thought-terminating cliche.
Handy that rich people have a name for people like that, so that they can be easily trivialised and dismissed with a thought-terminating cliche.
Ah yes, ludites, the people who's lively hoods, income and way of life where taken away by rich people.
Handy that rich people have a name for people like that, so that they can be easily trivialised and dismissed with a thought-terminating cliche.
Handy that rich people have a name for people like that, so that they can be easily trivialised and dismissed with a thought-terminating cliche.
October 25, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Ah yes, ludites, the people who's lively hoods, income and way of life where taken away by rich people.
Handy that rich people have a name for people like that, so that they can be easily trivialised and dismissed with a thought-terminating cliche.
Handy that rich people have a name for people like that, so that they can be easily trivialised and dismissed with a thought-terminating cliche.
I think computer mice are neat. I like that mice are a tool that solve a real problem. I use a mouse every day, but not all the time. Sometimes I don't need the mouse. We used to only have keyboards. Plenty of people manage just fine without adopting the tool.
I wouldn't call those people ludites.
I wouldn't call those people ludites.
October 7, 2026 at 7:24 PM
I think computer mice are neat. I like that mice are a tool that solve a real problem. I use a mouse every day, but not all the time. Sometimes I don't need the mouse. We used to only have keyboards. Plenty of people manage just fine without adopting the tool.
I wouldn't call those people ludites.
I wouldn't call those people ludites.
Services Australia has been found to be a truly racist protectionist organisation.
If the workers are racist, what impact does it have on your payment.
Robodebt is only the tip of their state sponsored cruelty.
The ludites working there are all in on Hanson.
If the workers are racist, what impact does it have on your payment.
Robodebt is only the tip of their state sponsored cruelty.
The ludites working there are all in on Hanson.
Court finds Services Australia breached Fair Work Act; manager never testified
The misconduct was barely in dispute. One witness the agency never called changed everything
www.hcamag.com
October 6, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Services Australia has been found to be a truly racist protectionist organisation.
If the workers are racist, what impact does it have on your payment.
Robodebt is only the tip of their state sponsored cruelty.
The ludites working there are all in on Hanson.
If the workers are racist, what impact does it have on your payment.
Robodebt is only the tip of their state sponsored cruelty.
The ludites working there are all in on Hanson.
(not that you should be tech friendly 100% of the time, the ludites had it right from what we can tell. you can have both)
September 22, 2026 at 5:45 PM
(not that you should be tech friendly 100% of the time, the ludites had it right from what we can tell. you can have both)
Also the ludites didn't hate the industrialisation, they hated that the increased productivity meant more profit for the boss, and not increased wages for them.
They were 100% right, ask your local ceo.
They were 100% right, ask your local ceo.
September 18, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Also the ludites didn't hate the industrialisation, they hated that the increased productivity meant more profit for the boss, and not increased wages for them.
They were 100% right, ask your local ceo.
They were 100% right, ask your local ceo.
Some thoughts on the great book Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees. Threaded.
This book is ostensibly about an illicit trade in madness-inducing fairy fruit imported from nearby Fairyland. Fairyland things are so repugnant to Ludites the very word "fairy" cannot be mentioned aloud.
This book is ostensibly about an illicit trade in madness-inducing fairy fruit imported from nearby Fairyland. Fairyland things are so repugnant to Ludites the very word "fairy" cannot be mentioned aloud.
September 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Some thoughts on the great book Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees. Threaded.
This book is ostensibly about an illicit trade in madness-inducing fairy fruit imported from nearby Fairyland. Fairyland things are so repugnant to Ludites the very word "fairy" cannot be mentioned aloud.
This book is ostensibly about an illicit trade in madness-inducing fairy fruit imported from nearby Fairyland. Fairyland things are so repugnant to Ludites the very word "fairy" cannot be mentioned aloud.
If there is any profession that should be gong full-mental Ludites it would be law, from a practical to an ethical sense it’s an abomination to the profession to even begin to let machines in as more than stenographers and organizers of calendars.
September 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
If there is any profession that should be gong full-mental Ludites it would be law, from a practical to an ethical sense it’s an abomination to the profession to even begin to let machines in as more than stenographers and organizers of calendars.
thing is, if you look hard enough, you can find ludites for any tech. LLM-AI has fewer ludites than NFT, because the scam is less obvious; but far more ludites than smart phones, because many of us can tell it is a grift.
note: ludite is being used as a morally neutral term here.
note: ludite is being used as a morally neutral term here.
as long as we're rewriting the past to make AI not look like a scam, I've seen AI people insist that actually people were also against smartphones and no one wanted them and companies had to force users to get them, and uh, I was there. None of that is true.
September 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
thing is, if you look hard enough, you can find ludites for any tech. LLM-AI has fewer ludites than NFT, because the scam is less obvious; but far more ludites than smart phones, because many of us can tell it is a grift.
note: ludite is being used as a morally neutral term here.
note: ludite is being used as a morally neutral term here.
ludites everywhere on this app
September 6, 2026 at 6:54 PM
ludites everywhere on this app
A coder friend of mine was like "I know it might be too radical but I'm been thinking about the Ludites a lot lately" and I was just like: "that's not radical, we're entering an era where the computer is something someone else owns, & where they're trying to turn crafts people into factory workers."
September 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
A coder friend of mine was like "I know it might be too radical but I'm been thinking about the Ludites a lot lately" and I was just like: "that's not radical, we're entering an era where the computer is something someone else owns, & where they're trying to turn crafts people into factory workers."
If you don't want the next ludites, don't call it the next industrial revolution.
September 3, 2026 at 9:41 AM
If you don't want the next ludites, don't call it the next industrial revolution.
I thibk they know why they are hated to a degree, but see themselves as how the Amish opposed the civil war or the ludites opposed industrialization. They think people are mad and scared of advancement not realize Ai isn't advancement
September 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I thibk they know why they are hated to a degree, but see themselves as how the Amish opposed the civil war or the ludites opposed industrialization. They think people are mad and scared of advancement not realize Ai isn't advancement
I agree. They used to call people like me ludites, then dinosaurs, so what will they call me now - an A-Ite?
August 26, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I agree. They used to call people like me ludites, then dinosaurs, so what will they call me now - an A-Ite?
we should all be ludites www.brookings.edu/articles/we-...
ai is destroying the university and learning itself www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
i don't care how well your "AI" works fokus.cool/2025/11/25/i...
ai is destroying the university and learning itself www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
i don't care how well your "AI" works fokus.cool/2025/11/25/i...
August 25, 2026 at 11:03 AM
we should all be ludites www.brookings.edu/articles/we-...
ai is destroying the university and learning itself www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
i don't care how well your "AI" works fokus.cool/2025/11/25/i...
ai is destroying the university and learning itself www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
i don't care how well your "AI" works fokus.cool/2025/11/25/i...
Se llama "In defense of the Ludites" de Paris Marx. Es un ensayo, hay que leerlo con cuidado, pero su acercamiento tiene sentido.
August 19, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Se llama "In defense of the Ludites" de Paris Marx. Es un ensayo, hay que leerlo con cuidado, pero su acercamiento tiene sentido.
Come on, let's not be so black and white @barryjames.bsky.social the country is divided enough already. Each person has a right to their own views. We don't like technology in the same way you do, that doesn't make us ludites, OK?
August 18, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Come on, let's not be so black and white @barryjames.bsky.social the country is divided enough already. Each person has a right to their own views. We don't like technology in the same way you do, that doesn't make us ludites, OK?
Funnily enough, this is the thing that The Ludites were actually about
They hated the tech not randomly, but because it was going to be used to destroy jobs and ruin lives.
IT WONDERS WHY THE CRAPITALISTS REFRAMED THE NARRATIVE, HMMMM....
They hated the tech not randomly, but because it was going to be used to destroy jobs and ruin lives.
IT WONDERS WHY THE CRAPITALISTS REFRAMED THE NARRATIVE, HMMMM....
August 15, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Funnily enough, this is the thing that The Ludites were actually about
They hated the tech not randomly, but because it was going to be used to destroy jobs and ruin lives.
IT WONDERS WHY THE CRAPITALISTS REFRAMED THE NARRATIVE, HMMMM....
They hated the tech not randomly, but because it was going to be used to destroy jobs and ruin lives.
IT WONDERS WHY THE CRAPITALISTS REFRAMED THE NARRATIVE, HMMMM....
Ditto for cycling lol.
🧵Fun facts about cycling and listening to music...ludites that don’t keep up with tech…”NO JUST NO! NEVER EVER listen to music while riding! Only newbs and idiots would do that!”
Reality; Apple AirPod Pros have multiple settings which allow you to hear cars, runners,
🧵Fun facts about cycling and listening to music...ludites that don’t keep up with tech…”NO JUST NO! NEVER EVER listen to music while riding! Only newbs and idiots would do that!”
Reality; Apple AirPod Pros have multiple settings which allow you to hear cars, runners,
July 28, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Ditto for cycling lol.
🧵Fun facts about cycling and listening to music...ludites that don’t keep up with tech…”NO JUST NO! NEVER EVER listen to music while riding! Only newbs and idiots would do that!”
Reality; Apple AirPod Pros have multiple settings which allow you to hear cars, runners,
🧵Fun facts about cycling and listening to music...ludites that don’t keep up with tech…”NO JUST NO! NEVER EVER listen to music while riding! Only newbs and idiots would do that!”
Reality; Apple AirPod Pros have multiple settings which allow you to hear cars, runners,
si els ludites cremaven fàbriques, l'equivalent seria cremar hotels?
April 24, 2026 at 7:38 PM
si els ludites cremaven fàbriques, l'equivalent seria cremar hotels?
It seems that's what they say they want. A new breed of ludites.
I do wonder tho how long before they start a new war, somewhere
I do wonder tho how long before they start a new war, somewhere
February 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It seems that's what they say they want. A new breed of ludites.
I do wonder tho how long before they start a new war, somewhere
I do wonder tho how long before they start a new war, somewhere