The Big Bad Luddite List
ANTI: fascism, ai, nfts, Big Tech, billionaires, surveillance states, optimization, algorithms, bot farms, technofeudalism, enshittification, exploitation, extractionism, planned obsolescence PRO: organized labor, punk, analog, solidarity, free speech, friction, degrowth, experimentation, right to privacy, right to repair, diy, material process, mutual aid, ecological living, the human hand, the human mind
Looking for fiction? Check out The Big Bad Luddite Novel*.






But WAIT. There’s Hope. ✨NON-FICTION✨
Straight from the Solarpunk Manifesto, “We are solarpunks because the only other options are denial or despair.”
What if there’s more to our future? What if we were optimistic?
Below are the non-fiction books that have made it to O.E. Tearmann’s Open List of Positive and Hopeful Futures
Feel free to suggest any recs!






Lost in the Forest 🌲🌲🌲
Humans share 25% of our DNA with trees and I share 100% of my affections with these books that feature forests, trees, and wild landscapes.
Leave your recs in the comments!
🌲🌲🌲 See you in the forest ✌️🌲🌲🌲





