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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
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The BBLL: @teddydee's Greatest Hits
A spinoff of The Big Bad Luddite List. Whereas the original list is huge and sprawling and includes many books I have not yet read, as well as some that weren't my personal favorite, this Greatest Hits version is condensed and more tightly curated. All the titles on this list are books I personally feel are worth recommending. Check the comments for potential caveats or additional contextual information about certain titles.
SISTER LISTS: The Big Bad Luddite List | The Big Bad Luddite Novel*
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Either War Is Obsolete or Men Are
The writings of Buckminster Fuller; nonfiction about Fuller and his legacy; contemporaneous works by Fuller's peers; practical math so you too can peace out and build a geodesic dome home; fiction inspired by Fuller's life and work.
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