Digital Luddites are rising. They want to democratise tech, not destroy it
- Written by Raffaele F Ciriello, Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
Have you ever been called a Luddite? We have – usually as an insult, rooted in a popular misconception that Luddites are anti-progress fanatics.
Nothing could be further from the truth. The original 19th century Luddites weren’t against technology. Rather, they resisted its oppressive use.
Their rebellion was violently suppressed. But...





