Luddite
Example Sentences
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“I’ve lived most of my life as a futurist, and I don’t hate technology. I’m certainly no Luddite — but I’ve had a lot of the hope sucked out of me in the post-COVID years.”
From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026
The Luddite movement, which predated the Swing Riots, was led by textile workers convinced that power-operated looms would permanently impoverish the middle class.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
I’m no Luddite, though I did cling to my BlackBerry, with its winning Lilliputian keyboard, surrendering reluctantly to an iPhone only when the BlackBerry became extinct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Aspiring director Katie finds herself trapped on a cross-country road trip with her Luddite dad who’s not a fan of her filmmaking dreams.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
Here and there a Luddite holdout refuses to open an email account, just as thousands of years ago some human bands refused to take up farming and so escaped the luxury trap.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
