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    2 months ago

    Probably how people felt who were against the development of the printing press or internet.

    No. No, it’s such a weird take. No.

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      2 months ago

      Right with you buddy, I’m so sick of half-thought-out analogies that implicitly equate two things that are not the same.

      I remember the 90s, and I can warmly assure younger readers that no, there was nothing even approaching this kind of backlash from luddites. At worst there were a few people who quite correctly called out the dotcom bubble.