… You are a Luddite

Last Updated on August 12, 2026 by o

The first attack in the AI Bro’s arsenal, if not last one they throw at you is that you are a luddite which is why you are fighting the inevitable. You should be proud to be called one of the first non-violent protestors fighting for worker’s rights.

For me, I am usually second in line to see if it works and how it works and to test the UX of the product. I waited until the smart phone came down in price and I was the first in my family to buy it, but first line adopters already had gone and bought it at max price.

AI Bros are doing defamatory attacks against Luddites.

This goes over a Historical correction of Luddites

It’s wrong to think of luddites as backwards people. It’s more right to think of Luddites as people who would have loved punk rock because it allowed them to connect, but resented being replaced by a machine.

In fact, in order to hit against technology, and try to connect with people, which is the more correct definition of a Luddite, there are “New Luddites”

If you want a longer interview…

How to hit them back: Sure you are a Luddite, if they will admit they are against human connection and human concern.

You raising concerns about how the technology is used are a Luddite: You are more concerned about humans than you are about getting the new shiny technology. You care about human lives, and if they don’t, well, doesn’t that make them cold-hearted sedimentary rocks? Couldn’t they at least be an igneous rock? (Geologists/geographers will appreciate this joke) Oh, everything is inevitable, so I will be a rock waiting for the sky to fall upon me because it is inevitable.

Being concerned about relationships, human beings, connection, this planet’s well being over mass consumerism: Then call yourself a Luddite. You are anti-loneliness epidemic. You are for third culture spaces like parks, community centers, community gardens, and so on.

Whereas, if they are willing to ignore real human beings, the well-being of this Earth, be antisocial, then are they a human being or a human dying and letting the earth compound on them to turn them into a rock? Technology shouldn’t be there to make CEOs vast amount of money or for personal convenience at the cost of other people’s well-being and human connection. Technology should be there to uplift people together. That’s what you’re arguing for and that’s what they are arguing against.