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by paulddraper 361 days ago
A Software Engineer Luddite is an interesting person.
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In what way? Are software engineers not laborers? Is it not possible for laborers that use technology in their labor to be exploited by capital?
Software engineering is a high tech job.

Luddites are anti-tech.

So...in that way.

The summarization of this article cannot be reduced to, "Technology. Bad." You just said it--they are a software engineer. They would not be in that vocation if they did not understand on some level that technology is useful, good, and valuable. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt by assuming you skipped the first three paragraphs where they were more than clear that this was simply an essay on why they have decided to avoid this particular technology.