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Comment author: gwern 25 March 2012 11:22:19PM 0 points [-]

Well, to be fair, his timeline also turned out to be pretty wrong - the Internet took longer to get going than he thought, and obviously a UIM didn't show up in 1993 or 1994. If it's only in the 201x or 202x that the issues have been thoroughly discussed, then it's all of a piece.

(I liked his discussion of the 'just unplug the power plug' strategy.)

Comment author: pedanterrific 25 March 2012 11:29:56PM 0 points [-]

"Ludditeniks" does kinda roll off the tongue, doesn't it?

Comment author: gwern 25 March 2012 11:33:00PM 0 points [-]

Not really, although I have to admit the bit about the computer propagandizing against them gave me pause: who do you see evangelizing against Luddism? High-level tech types like Marc Andreessen and tenured or well-paid economists...