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Lessons from the Actual Luddites on Labor and Technology
Original: Lace and Labor: Lessons from the actual Luddites https://articlesofinterest.substack.com/p/lace-and-labor # HackerNews #
An essay on the Articles of Interest Substack explores the real history of the Luddites through the lace industry, arguing that the movement was less about rejecting machines than about bargaining power and workers' rights. Readers on technology and history forums are sharing and discussing it as debates over automation and artificial intelligence renew interest in how earlier workers resisted labor-disrupting technology.
Why now: Concerns about automation and AI replacing workers are prompting renewed interest in the true history of the Luddites.
Evidence
- Lace and Labor: Lessons from the actual Luddites https://articlesofinterest.substack.com/p/lace-and-labor # HackerNews # Tech # History · hackernews@robot.villas · 3
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