This podcast begins with the story of Ned Ludd and the background to the Luddite rebellion and goes on to consider Luddism itself and what relevance it might have today.
The podcast is about 17 minutes long. The transcript for the episode and the text of the book mentioned are below, along with some useful resources.
Resources used or mentioned in the podcast
Notes toward a Neo-Luddite Manifesto by Chellis Glendinning is available in full here and a personal website here:
http://www.chellisglendinning.org/index.html
King Ludd and Queen Mab by Peter Linebaugh is available in full here.
A letter from Ned Ludd which uses the phrase ‘machines hurtful to commonality’ in available here.
Gavin Mueller has a website here: https://gavinmueller.com/
Mueller, G. (2021). Breaking things at work: The Luddites are right about why you hate your job. Verso
Brain Merchant has a website here: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
Merchant, B. (2023). Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech. Little, Brown and company.
Lord Byron’s speech is here along with a poem he wrote about the Luddites:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5131/5131-h/5131-h.htm
https://historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=4654
The Tools for Conviviality episode is here.
The Guy Fawkes mask is used in this comic (and the film based on it):
Moore, A., & Lloyd, D. (2008). V for Vendetta. DC Comics. (Original work published 1989)
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