Randa Abdel-Fattah
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3,221 appearances
41 recordings
9 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard 8 Sep
Randa Abdel-Fattah’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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A lot of us are worried right now about how AI is changing the way we work and live.
And sure, it isn't the first time in history that a new technology has upended society.
But something about this moment feels more existential, like the very core of who we are as human beings is under threat, challenging the way we think, communicate, connect.
Meanwhile, data centers are popping up in cities across the country, prompting pushback from local communities.
Which is probably why some people are now calling themselves new Luddites and trying to spark a Luddite renaissance.
Now I've heard that word thrown around a lot.
I've even been accused of being a Luddite myself on occasion.
And I know that it generally means people who are antiquated or resistant to change or new technology.
But who were they really?
And what was their movement actually about?
That's what one through line listener, Drew Barrett, wrote to us wanting to know.
Hi, very nice to meet you.
Drew talked to me from his home in Colorado.
Drew considers himself a modern Luddite.
Labor activists or Neanderthals, heroes or villains.
On this episode of Through Line, we're taking on Drew's question and digging into the story of the original Luddites.
That's coming up.
I'm curious when did you first
really.
This is Katrina Navicas, a history professor at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK.
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