Luddite

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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

My father is an avowed Luddite and still sends me newspaper clippings attached to handwritten notes through the mail.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

Charles is at once a Renaissance man and a Luddite.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2024

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