I’m a Luddite (and So Can You!)
I would like to share a neat comic that portrays the history and current state of a group of people that resist an automated future who are called Luddites. It also explains how Luddites aren't against technological progress but are for progress that puts people at the centre of it. I can proudly say that I am a Luddite and I wear that badge with pride.
I share this because I feel it is important that we don't just push the narrative about innovation that the tech industry and the ruling class want us to because it is so clearly obvious that progress in their mind doesn't put people at the centre of it and instead makes profits the focus. And a society that puts profits at the centre of everything is a sick one, as we are already experiencing today with the decline in public institutions and equitable economic opportunity, and a rise in cost of living, personal debt, mental illness, homelessness, drug addiction, and poverty, as every part of our lives becomes commodified. It is thus the responsibility of each and every one of us to make sure progress is directed by us and not by profiteers.