Introducing Luddenites
Playing off both LUDENS and LUDDITES, LUDDENITES is envisioned as a collective whose goal is to counter oppressive technologies like surveillance tech and generative AI, instead seeking communal infrastructures in service of CONSENTFUL PLAY and CREATIVE JOY.
I plan on launching a co-op organization called LUDDENITES this year.
Playing off both LUDENS and LUDDITES, LUDDENITES is envisioned as a collective whose goal is to counter oppressive technologies like surveillance tech and generative AI, instead seeking communal infrastructures in service of CONSENTFUL PLAY and CREATIVE JOY.
LUDDENITES is not another tech company, but rather a SOCIOTECHNICAL organization that recognizes LABOR and GOVERNANCE as necessary drivers of the creation and MAINTENANCE of technologies, which are always embedded within social systems.
"Remember to imagine and craft the worlds you cannot live without, just as you dismantle the worlds you cannot live within." – Ruha Benjamin