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Reference ideas for Luddite

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Merchant, Brian (September 2023). Szczerban, Michael (ed.). Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech. New York City: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 9780316487740.

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Modern Perspective

To get one modern perspective, try to find a book called Sabotage in the American Workplace, I think from AK Press. It's just about a hundred stories summarized from interviews with real people about why they had (and in only one case, had not) done things at workk that they weren't "supposed" to do, everything from breaking equipment to get a break, to stealing supplies, to spitting in the soup. --JohnAbbe

Kirkpatrick Sales' 1996 book "Rebels Against the Future: The Luddites and their War on the Industrial Revolution" London: Quartet Books is worth a read. It concentrates on Luddites and touches on Neo-Luddites. For the insights of scientist looking at his work and the potential harm it may hold (esp. nanotechnology) take a look at: Joy, Bill (2001): "Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us" URL www.aaas.org/spp/rd/ch3.pdf (as printed in 'Wired' magazine). To examine other views on nanotechnology see ch4,5, and 6 within same site address. --RichardSeabury

Rename to "Luddism (movement)"?

The introductory sentence and the article focus on the movement and not on the individuals or the label, so maybe the article should be renamed accordingly. I could imagine reasons to keep the title as it is of course, for example "Luddite" is the most common word form in which we might see references to this movement. Adamw (talk) 11:14, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think for that reason it's best left as it is.--Jack Upland (talk) 04:10, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 12 August 2024

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Luddite → Luddism – For consistency with other Wikipedia articles, naming the movement rather than a term for adherents. Jruderman (talk) 13:50, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment by nominator: "Luddite" can be used as an insult, which arguably makes the article title "Luddite" non-neutral for some readers. Jruderman (talk) 13:53, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Opposed: The current title is a much more frequently used term. See Ngram. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 17:33, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Opposed: The current title is more frequently used. See above.--Jack Upland (talk) 01:28, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Opposed: Why mess with a good thing? The current title is what everyone knows and searches for. Waqar💬 09:13, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Clear WP:COMMONNAME. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 13:18, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]