Would Luddites find the gig economy familiar? (media.kbin.run)

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Would Luddites find the gig economy familiar?

Luddites were hardly the anti-tech dullards historians have painted them to be.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/would-luddites-find-the-gig-economy-familiar/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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[-] kylotan@mastodon.social 1 points 10 months ago

@arstechnica@mastodon.social Actually, historians tend to present Luddites as forward-thinking people who acted to protect workers from destitution. It’s the technology industry that tries to paint anyone against the latest unregulated value-extraction scheme as dullards.

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