The cover of the book Blood In The Machine by Brian Merchant. It features an illustration of two Luddites taking hammers to a loom.

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1. Kyle Rankin (kyle@mastodon.kylerank.in)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 01:32:03 UTC Kyle Rankin

   While I was halfway through Your Face Belongs To Us, another brand new book arrived!

   Blood In The Machine tells the historical story of the Luddites: 19th century weavers and other fiber artisans who violently rose up to protest their being replaced by automated looms that only required unskilled factory labor to operate.

   A book that sits at the intersection of three of my interests (weaving, history and technology) with modern allusions? Count me in!

   #reading #books #weaving #history