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On-line Luddism Index - Articles by Bill Joy, Kirkpatrick Sale, John Zerzan, Langdon Winner and other Luddish theorists.
I-resign.com: In Defence of Luddism - Opinion piece by T.J. Snaith.
Luddism - Offers resources and readings on the Neo-Luddite movement.
The Last Luddite Gets Wired by Ron Rosenbaum - Dispatch in Slate Magazine.
Terry's Neo-Luddite Web Sites - A list of books, websites, and ways to embody Neo-Luddite beliefs.
Is it OK to be a Luddite? - Essay by novelist Thomas Pynchon that discusses the history of the Luddite movement and the many ways it has resurfaced throughout the years. Reprinted from The New York Times Book Review.
The Supercomputing Institute @Luddite.net - A group of Neo-Luddites working on Linux, using a network of systems to solve problems that interest them.
Primitivism - An exploration into primitivism, anthropology, luddism, and the critique of technology.

Neo-Luddism - The term Luddite is a political/historical term relating to a political movement during the Industrial Revolution; currently it is primarily used as a pejorative, describing those perceived as being uncompromisingly or unnecessarily opposed to technological or scientific innovations.
Technorealism - Technorealism is an attempt to expand the middle ground between techno-utopianism and neo-luddism by assessing the social and political implications of technologies so that people might all have more control over the shape of their future. The technorealist approach involves a continuous critical examination of how technologies might help or hinder people in the struggle to improve the quality of their ...