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Unthinkable: Why it makes sense to be a neo-Luddite – The Irish Times

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To be called a Luddite is to be depicted as backward and small-minded. But are today’s Luddites – those resisting or critiquing the march of technology – taking the smart and progressive position? Our relationships, workplaces and democratic institutions are being disrupted by new technology in a not-altogether-healthy fashion. While one may not be a slave to the machine, it certainly feels that way when one finds oneself answering emails or Facebooking at two in the morning. A new exhibition at the Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin, Humans Need Not Apply , explores how robots, automat

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