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[dead] fervoroso
Luddite were afraid of losing their jobs, where I live the rate of unemployment in young people is about 40 per cent, if you increase unemployment rate by introducing robots no wonder that people become Luddite and decide that we don't need more robots.
gaius
They also saw the machines coming more and more to be the property of men who did not work, only owned and hired.

If managing an enterprise is not "work" then what is the job of "writing down my opinions on stuff"?

ZeroGravitas
Managing and owning, though they can be combined, are often two different activities.
dkarl
I don't think the folks who worked in 19th century textile mills would recognize anything you or I do as "work," either.
RommeDeSerieux
I'm hitting the paywall with this link for some reason.
thwarted
Search for "Is it OK to be a Luddite? (1984) nytimes.com" on google, the printable version is the first hit.

I'd provide a link through google myself, but I'm getting frustrated trying to build a link to I'm Feeling Lucky with instant search turned on.

gaius
It's not a paywall, merely a regwall.