Dan Milway reviewed Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant
The true story of what happened the first time machines came for human jobs, when …
Ned Ludd was right then, and he's right now
5 stars
A vividly told narrative of the Luddite uprisings of the early 19th Century. Brian Merchant expertly connects the struggles of textile workers then with workers of every stripe today whose jobs are continually under threat by the bosses using the smokescreen of technology.