Luddite
Technology's sworn enemy
A Luddite is someone who opposes new technology or is reluctant to adopt it.
The term originally referred to early 19th-century English textile workers who destroyed machinery they believed threatened their jobs.
Today it's used more broadly, often playfully, for anyone resistant to technological change: My dad's such a Luddite—he still refuses to use a smartphone.
The word can be mildly pejorative or self-deprecating depending on context.
Transition to factory-based economy
- textileMaterial from woven fibers
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
workers' rights · rebellion · factory system · handicraft · artisan · 19th century · England · trade unions
One fearing modern devices
- dinosaurExtinct Mesozoic reptile
- throwbackReturn to ancestral type
- fuddy-duddyOld-fashioned, overly fussy person
- stick-in-the-mudOverly cautious traditionalist
traditionalist · antimodernist · old-fashioned · neophobe · curmudgeon · holdout · skeptic · resister
Created manually, not mechanically
- artisanalMade by skilled craftspeople
- analogComparable equivalent
- manualWritten instructions for use
- handcraftCreate something manually
pre-industrial · hand-built · bespoke · traditional methods · non-digital · workshop · hand tools · craftsmanship
Opposition to advancement
- slow livingIntentional deceleration of daily life
- simplicityLack of complexity
- digital detoxPeriod avoiding electronic devices
- anti-consumerismOpposition to excessive acquisition
offline · unplugged · screen-free · low-tech · human-centered
industrialization
Transition to factory-based economy
- textileMaterial from woven fibers
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
protest · workers' rights · rebellion · factory system · handicraft · artisan · 19th century · England · trade unions · labor unrest
technophobe
One fearing modern devices
- dinosaurExtinct Mesozoic reptile
- throwbackReturn to ancestral type
- fuddy-duddyOld-fashioned, overly fussy person
stick-in-the-mud · traditionalist · antimodernist · old-fashioned · neophobe · curmudgeon · holdout · skeptic · resister · contrarian
handmade
Created manually, not mechanically
handcraft · pre-industrial · hand-built · bespoke · traditional methods · non-digital · workshop · hand tools · craftsmanship · handwritten
anti-progress
Opposition to advancement
- slow livingIntentional deceleration of daily life
- simplicityLack of complexity
- digital detoxPeriod avoiding electronic devices
anti-consumerism · offline · unplugged · screen-free · low-tech · human-centered
- anti-modernismLuddism, technophobia, technophobe, anti-technology, anti-industrial
- outdatedobsolete, outdated, out of date, dated, outmoded
- curmudgeonscurmudgeon, grouch, grump, crank, sourpuss
Ludditeearly adopter
First purchaser of innovations
technophile · techie · tech enthusiast · gadget lover · power user
Ludditefuturist
Tomorrow trends scholar
transhumanist · techno-utopian · accelerationist · progressive · modernist
LudditeSilicon Valley
Bay Area tech corridor
tech bro · digerati · Elon Musk · Steve Jobs · industrialist