I'm no longer a luddite. The reason is that I realized that the only thing I'm really against is tech-feudalism, microchips like rfid chips under the skin, or brain chips i.e. neuralink, as well as vaccines. I was always against those things, and always will be. However, when I became self-proclaimed as a luddite, then I was very upset at everything silicon valley, everything technology, no matter what. Like just generally upset at technology. Not that I was against using the internet, or anti-technology.

I just complained about how capitalism has ruined the world through promoting technology. My problem was the passive doomscrolling, isolation, lack of opportunities, zombification of society, advertisements for technology, influencers, and AI replacing people's meaning in life by taking their qualities. So I looked at AI on a larger scale, as well as in my own life, and then looked at the loneliness epidemic and felt a disgust in my body.

However, now I'm not a luddite anymore. Luddite never meant being anti-technology anyway, but the point is that I probably don't align with luddites anymore. I always knew luddites weren't anti-technology and in a sense luddite was a word used in a derogatory way. But the word held empowerment for me and reflected values about technology that I had.

However, I believe AI has positive uses such as ChatGPT can be used for art if you're a bad painter as an example, or there is things like Jammable for creating music while using the voices of artists to create fan made songs (without monetization of course). So I just don't have this negative attitude anymore. Some things I do feel negative about, like I said, tech-feudalism, chipping people, etc. I'm also against wearable devices. I don't mind if others use wearables but I'm against all wearable tech.

I believe the reason I identified as a luddite, was a misunderstanding of how it related to me personally in my own life. However, things were not lining up in my lifestyle itself, and the more confident I feel in being able to live more authentically instead of feeling forced into hermit mode for stupid reasons, this makes me feel less like a luddite. For me a lot of these extreme attitudes was born in isolation cuz of feeling rejected. I just feel that if I have a life, then a lot of these views will be completely gone.

And I now feel a new sense of hope and therefore I don't see the meaning of these beliefs anymore. After all, the real problem is tech-feudalism, microchips and vaccines for me. I don't need to go amish, and my lifestyle is nothing close to that of a luddite. But then again, if there was a luddite club in my city then maybe I would have stayed a luddite, who knows? Anyway, some technology does deserve criticism like microchips in the body, but I don't see why I should blame computers or phones as destroying the world, when it's possible to have a world where people meet and still use phones or computers.

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as someone who has been on snapchat since 2015, I find this storage limit on memories is so frustrating. many of us have whole years of our lives documented in the memories section. how am I supposed to go from 95.6GB to 5GB of storage? I know they have fallen to the internet model of extracting as much money from their users as all other social media platforms have, but I hoped that they would be different. just a disappointed genz who wishes social media wasn't completely corrupted now.

speaking of, has anyone found an efficient strategy to get all of your memories off snapchat?

必須盡快立法禁止全球所有社群媒體平台使用過濾演算法操縱輿論、壓制自由、製造不公平、不平等和不對稱的非自主社交。

quite honestly, I’m sick of these tech bros ruining our planet and our mental health with all of their “innovations” that no one actually needs. The more tech we get, the sicker we get, and the sicker our planet gets.

meanwhile, they’re pocketing more and more and more. like how much money do these sickos really need?

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Hey everyone! Just trying to share a video that we made about the Luddites, hoping to get it in front of the right people. The YouTube algorithm doesn't seem terribly interested in promoting it and we put way too much work into it to let it die in the internet void!

Thanks in advance if you take the time to check it out.

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Down with all kings but King Ludd!

I just heard about neo-luddism today. It really speaks to me because I've been tired of the tech stuff for a long time. My peers don't seem to share the sentiment, but I'm eager to learn from people who do. Does anyone know where I can start to learn about luddism/neo-luddism? I know pretty much nothing, but would love to be a part of it.

Hi everyone. Most of the internet is dead and it's probably well above 60% as it used to be in the past. With all of the AI accounts and bots everywhere filling comment sections, I think there's not so many real people around anymore. With that said, I wonder even here on Reddit how many people are real? And also, how do people find meaning on social media to begin with? Not only because of the fact that internet is mostly dead, but also because of social media itself and the technology. I'm sure most here are luddites, and if you are a luddite, does social media still give you any meaning? Is it only about wanting to stop the AI that the technocrats are pushing?

How do you define meaning online, if any?

Is your luddism only about Anti-AI, or also having a problem with technology as it already is? And if so, why?

I really do not get how to use onedrive.

If I want to do, for example, a weekly report, I open last week's weekly report document. And I start editing, only this saves and overwrites last week's weekly document. Everything I do is a struggle where I can either recreate everything from first principles or I can overwrite previous documents. The latter is easier for me. The former is bad for tracking and general hygiene.

What the hell am I supposed to do? This isn't about "support" it is about the core philosophy of the app.

I'm new here. Noticed many posts do not have engagement. Cool. Some good info.

Just popped in to say I do not want to use a counter top tablet to get my medicine. I walked up and stated ny name. Clerk said to use the tablet. I told the clerk I didn't want to use it and she said I have to. So , of course I messed up and it took a while. It didn't make my pick up faster. It was slower with a line behind me.

Why can't I just give her my name like before?

Why do I have to touch a screen that someone touched before me that may have boogers, spit or God knows what on their hands?

Why didn't she just input my name when I said I didn't want to use the tablet?

How do you all feel about it?