Neoludism . Philosophical current opposed to the technological and scientific development of today and the future.
Summary
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- 1 Origin
- 2 Unabomber
- 3 Philosophy
- 4 Sources
Origin
Neoludism is an ideology that is staunchly opposed to technological advances, including computing, the electronic revolution, artificial intelligence, etc. Its supporters argue that the human being loses its essence because of technology, and base their movement on the manifesto of Ted Kaczynski, better known as Unabomber .
The term neoludism is applied to a radical ideology that opposes the technological and scientific development of society. Its roots are in the Luddite movement, which was born in the 19th century in Great Britain as part of the actions and revolts carried out by workers against the first industrial machines that were applied in the production processes of factories. The Luddites took their name from the leader of the movement, named Ned Ludd , whose life dates back to the late 18th and early 19th centuries . However, it is unclear whether it was his real name or a pseudonym used to preserve his identity in the face of retaliation. The playfulness was present atGreat Britain and other countries in Europe between 1810 and 1820 , although his best known actions were in Great Britain between 1811 and 1816 .
During this period, workers invaded factories and machinery was smashed with a club, arguing that machines and technology were responsible for the dismissal of workers and the deterioration of their working conditions. According to the Luddites, technology made man dependent to be able to perform his most basic tasks, as opposed to the direct control that society had over manufactured products until then.
Unabomber
Theodore John Kaczynski , better known as Unabomber (short for University and Airline Bomber, the name given to him by the FBI when they were chasing him), is a Neo-Luddite mathematician with an incongruous diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia who dedicated himself to sending a series of bomb letters to educational institutions and airlines for seventeen years with the twisted purpose of destroying industrialized society, and on one occasion, he placed a powerful bomb in the luggage of a Boeing 727 flying from Chicago to Washington , which failed to explode due to a timer failure. . Kaczynski was caught in 1996 afterThe New York Times decided to publish his manifesto in the hope that someone would recognize his writing style and denounce him. The terrorist had asked the newspaper to publish it in exchange for not sending more bombs and had threatened to attack them if they did not agree. His own brother denounced him when he recognized in the manifesto a typical phrase of his: “You cannot eat the cake and continue having it.” The balance of this story, three dead, twenty-three wounded and a life sentence for Kaczynski.
Philosophy
Neoludism fears the future consequences of the use of new technologies, and is related to the anti- globalization and anti – consumerism movements , with primitivist anarchism, which advocates a return to a pre-civilized life, alien to the technocracy that exploits and alienates the individual and destroys nature, and therefore with radical environmentalism. The usual is the preaching of the simple way of life, like that of the Quakers and, to the extreme, the Amish , and many times, ecoterrorism , medical pseudosciences and animalism .