neo-Luddites
Anti-technology movement members
Neo-Luddites oppose modern technology, particularly digital and automated systems, viewing them as threats to employment, privacy, human connection, or the environment.
The term references the 19th-century Luddites who destroyed textile machinery.
Neo-Luddites range from critics who simply limit screen time to activists who reject industrial civilization entirely: The neo-Luddites in our office still insist on paper calendars.
Refocusing on core elements
- unpluggingRemoving from power source
- off-gridWithout utility connections
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- homesteadingSelf-reliant land-based lifestyle
handmade · artisanal · craftsmanship · low-tech · analog · screen-free · downshifting · reskilling
Opposed to modern machinery
- technophobiaDread of modern devices
- primitivismIdealization of pre-modern life
- deindustrializationLoss of industrial capacity
- anti-progressOpposition to advancement
Public expression of disapproval
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- anti-globalizationOpposition to worldwide economic integration
environmentalism · eco-activism · Unabomber · monkey-wrenching · occupy · grassroots · consciousness-raising · manifesto
Maintaining something's condition
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- agrarianismDoctrine valuing farm life
- localismPreference for nearby things
- communityCollective of connected people
stewardship · pre-industrial · pastoral · smallholding · guild · apprenticeship
back-to-basics
Refocusing on core elements
- unpluggingRemoving from power source
- off-gridWithout utility connections
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
homesteading · handmade · artisanal · craftsmanship · low-tech · analog · screen-free · downshifting · reskilling · hand-tools
anti-technology
Opposed to modern machinery
- technophobiaDread of modern devices
- primitivismIdealization of pre-modern life
- deindustrializationLoss of industrial capacity
anti-progress · anti-modernism · alienation · dehumanization
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
- boycottOrganized economic protest
anti-globalization · environmentalism · eco-activism · Unabomber · monkey-wrenching · occupy · grassroots · consciousness-raising · manifesto · radical
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- agrarianismDoctrine valuing farm life
- localismPreference for nearby things
community · stewardship · pre-industrial · pastoral · smallholding · guild · apprenticeship
neo-Ludditestechnophiles
Lovers of modern devices
early adopters · transhumanists · futurists · biohackers · modernizers
neo-Ludditesearly adopters
First users of innovations
technophiles · gadget lovers · power users · digital natives · techies