Blood in the Machine: Origins of Rebellion Against Big Tech - Brian Merchant

Come join Triangle Heterodox in reading Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech by Brian Merchant.

"The most important book to read about the AI boom" (Wired)

Who were the Luddites and why did it get turned into an insult to be called one? We have talked already in this club about concerns over modern attention economy technologies some, but this book will be a chance to look at a historical event, the Luddite class rebellion against mechanization and automation of factory work in 19th century England.

An event mostly only known to people by the insulting epithet of being called a "Luddite", Merchant's history shows that the Luddites were not people who were "old" or out of touch, but a people who fought back against a social change that was harming their lives, and made real impacts in the process.

NYT Review of Blood in the Machine
https://archive.ph/x7hnD

Brian Merchant's Substack
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/