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Episode 128
Season 9
Breaking Things at Work (with Gavin Mueller)
The HBS hosts discuss how the Luddites were right about why we hate our jobs.
The term “luddite” generally functions as an insult these days. It is something people are accused of, and a term that no one would claim for themselves. To adopt and adapt to new technologies is part of what it means to be progressive and modern, not to mention hip. However, the history of actually existing technologies paints a different picture, technologies from the laptop to the cellphone have been used to extend the working day and insert consumption into the pores of social life.