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technology1 month ago•13 min saved

The Event Is the Medium: NYC's Summer of Ludd Goes Offline to Challenge Big Tech

A journalist covers NYC's Summer of Ludd, a week-long, offline series of public events organized by neo-Luddites to critique AI and Big Tech. Through street marches, a public 'trial' of OpenAI's ChatGPT, and a manifesto urging participation without social media, the movement argues that public space and in-person connection can counter surveillance capitalism and the addictive pull of screens, blending protest with play and community.

via 404 Media|

#ai #big-tech #luddites

gadgets1 month ago•16 min saved

Light Flip Phone: A Nostalgic, Screen-Free Push Against AI

Light unveils the Light Flip, its first non-touchscreen clamshell with a 2.8-inch OLED display and a dial-pad–driven UI running LightOS, a slimmed Android. It offers limited apps, USB-C charging, a headphone jack, 5G/4G, 128GB storage, 6GB RAM, and a replaceable 1,800mAh battery, plus voice-to-text. Priced at $300 unlocked with a $39/month MVNO plan (1GB data), it targets the anti‑AI, anti‑social media crowd by restricting distractions and nudging users toward a simpler, more tactile phone. The question remains whether it’s nostalgia bait or a genuine lifestyle choice, potentially signaling a broader “luddites” movement against Big Tech fatigue.

via Gizmodo|

#android #flip-phone #gadgets

technology1 month ago•8 min saved

Reclaiming the Luddite Moment: Turning Off to Reclaim Our Time

This piece reframes the Luddite label as a political critique of how Big Tech harvests our attention, highlighting New York’s Summer of Ludd and offline groups as evidence that resisting the attention economy is a collective, non-anti-technology action. It argues the problem is systemic and calls for expanded offline communities, stronger AI/data-center regulation, and efforts to reclaim time, money, and human connection from profit-driven platforms.

via Salon.com|

#attention-economy #big-tech #luddites