Blood in the Machine : The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech

Name: Blood in the Machine : The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
Author: Brian Merchant
ISBN: 9780316487740

by Brian Merchant

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Blood in the Machine : The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech

by Brian Merchant

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"The most important book to read about the AI boom" ( Wired ): The "gripping" ( New Yorker ) true story of the first time machines came for human jobs--and how the Luddite uprising explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech and AI today Named one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker, Wired, and the Financial Times * A Next Big Idea Book Club "Must-Read" The most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England, when workers known as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of factory owners who were using automated machines to erase their livelihoods. The Luddites organized guerrilla raids to smash those machines--on punishment of death--and won the support of Lord Byron, enraged the Prince Regent, and inspired the birth of science fiction. This all-but-forgotten class struggle brought nineteenth-century England to its knees. Today, technology imperils millions of jobs, robots are crowding factory floors, and artificial intelligence will soon pervade every aspect of our economy. How will this change the way we live? And what can we do about it? The answers lie in Blood in the Machine . Brian Merchant intertwines a lucid examination of our current age with the story of the Luddites, showing how automation changed our world--and is shaping our future.

FormatHardcover

LanguageEnglish

PublisherLittle Brown & Company

Publication DateSep. 26th, 2023

ISBN-139780316487740

Dimensions6.50 x 9.60 x 1.56 inches

ISBN-100316487740

Shipping Weight1.58 lbs

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" Blood in the Machine compares the labor struggles of the Industrial Revolution to today's abusive gig economy.... Derived from an immense trove of archival materials and secondary historical sources, [Merchant] brings a journalist's touch to the Luddites' travails, drawing connections between the conflicts and indignities of their epoch and our own."-- Gavin Mueller , New York Times Book Review

Reader Reviews for Blood in the Machine : The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech

Introduction	1
Prelude Power Looms
Edmund Cartwright, 1786	7
Mary Godwin, 1797	12
Robert Blincoe, 1799	14
Ned Ludd, 1803	17
The Great Comet
George Mellor, Spring 1811	23
Gravener Henson, March 1811	28
The Machine Breakers, March 1811	32
The Entrepreneurs, 1800s	36
The Prince Regent, Summer 1811	41
George Mellor, Summer 1811	45
The Machinery Question, 1800s	49
Ned Ludd, Fall 1811	52
Lord Byron, Fall 1811	57
George Mellor, Fall 1811	60
Ned Ludd, November 1811	66
The Prince Regent, November 1811	70
William Horsfall, Fall 1811	74
B, November 1811	79
Ned Ludd and the Prince Regent, December 1811	84
George Mellor, Christmas Day 1811	88
Robert Blincoe, 1811	92
The First Tech Titans	98
Metropolis of Discontent
George Mellor, Winter 1812	107
Anna Lætitia Barbauld, February 1812	109
Ned Ludd, Winter 1812	112
Gravener Henson, February 1812	114
B, February 1812	117
George Mellor versus John Booth, Winter 1812	120
Mary Godwin, February 1812	129
Richard Ryder, February 14, 1812	131
The Prince, February 1812	134
Lord Byron, Winter 1812	137
Ned Ludd, Winter 1812	141
Lord Byron, February 27, 1812	145
Ned Ludd, February 27, 1812	149
William Horsfall, February 27, 1812	151
George Mellor and Ned Ludd, March 1812	155
Lord Byron, March 1812	157
George Mellor and Ned Ludd, March 1812	160
Two Centuries of Disruption	164
Breaking Frames, Breaking Bones
The Prince Regent, Spring 1812	175
William Godwin and Percy Bysshe Shelley, March 1812	178
George Mellor, Spring 1812	180
B and the Spies, April 1812	186
William Horsfall, Spring 1812	188
Lord Byron, Spring 1812	190
The Battle of Rawfolds Mill, April 1812	192
William Cartwright, April 1812	199
Gravener Henson, April 1812	203
Lady Ludd, Spring and Summer 1812	206
Insurrection, April 1812	209
George Mellor, April 1812	213
Ned Ludd, April 1812	216
William Horsfall, April 28, 1812	218
An Involuntary Machine, 1800s	221
More Value than Work or Gold
The Prime Minister, May 1812	233
Lord Byron, May 1812	238
Captain Francis Raynes, May 1812	240
B, May 1812	243
George Mellor, May 1812	245
Ned Ludd, June 1812	250
Gravener Henson, June 1812	252
Mary Godwin, Summer 1812	255
Edmund Cartwright, June 1812	257
The Prince Regent, June 1812	262
Ned Ludd, July 1812	266
Gravener Henson, July 1812	268
George Mellor, Fall 1812	271
Lady Ludd, Fall 1812	275
B, Fall 1812	277
Captain Francis Raynes, Fall 1812	280
Mary Godwin, November 1812	282
Lord Byron, Winter 1812	285
Gravener Henson, Winter 1812	288
Ned Ludd, Winter 1812	290
The Trial, January 1813	292
Betrayal	296
No Confession	298
I Forgive	300
Ned Ludd on Trial	301
The Invention of the Luddites	305
The Prince Regent, February 1813	310
George Mellor, February 1813	311
Robert Blincoe, 1813	313
What the Entrepreneurs Won, June 1813	317
Gravener Henson, Winter 1813	322
Charles Ball, 1813	325
Lord Byron	328
The Modern Prometheus
Frankenstein, 1816	333
The Luddites, or The Modern Prometheus	341
What the Luddites Won	346
Fear Factories	353
The Owners of the New Machine Age
Douglas Schifter, 2018	367
The Great Comet Returns	369
The New Tech Titans, 2018	373
Fear Factories Redux, March 2020	377
Gig Workers Rising, November 2020	382
The New Luddites	388
Christian Smalls, June 2022	393
Douglas Schifter, 2018	398
Afterword	400
Are the Robots Coming for Our Jobs?	400
How Uprisings Against Big Tech Begin	406
Acknowledgments	413
Notes	417
Selected Bibliography	449
Index	455
About the Author	465
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FormatHardcover

LanguageEnglish

PublisherLittle Brown & Company

Publication DateSep. 26th, 2023

ISBN-139780316487740

Dimensions6.50 x 9.60 x 1.56 inches

ISBN-100316487740

Shipping Weight1.58 lbs

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Professional Reviews

Introduction	1
Prelude Power Looms
Edmund Cartwright, 1786	7
Mary Godwin, 1797	12
Robert Blincoe, 1799	14
Ned Ludd, 1803	17
The Great Comet
George Mellor, Spring 1811	23
Gravener Henson, March 1811	28
The Machine Breakers, March 1811	32
The Entrepreneurs, 1800s	36
The Prince Regent, Summer 1811	41
George Mellor, Summer 1811	45
The Machinery Question, 1800s	49
Ned Ludd, Fall 1811	52
Lord Byron, Fall 1811	57
George Mellor, Fall 1811	60
Ned Ludd, November 1811	66
The Prince Regent, November 1811	70
William Horsfall, Fall 1811	74
B, November 1811	79
Ned Ludd and the Prince Regent, December 1811	84
George Mellor, Christmas Day 1811	88
Robert Blincoe, 1811	92
The First Tech Titans	98
Metropolis of Discontent
George Mellor, Winter 1812	107
Anna Lætitia Barbauld, February 1812	109
Ned Ludd, Winter 1812	112
Gravener Henson, February 1812	114
B, February 1812	117
George Mellor versus John Booth, Winter 1812	120
Mary Godwin, February 1812	129
Richard Ryder, February 14, 1812	131
The Prince, February 1812	134
Lord Byron, Winter 1812	137
Ned Ludd, Winter 1812	141
Lord Byron, February 27, 1812	145
Ned Ludd, February 27, 1812	149
William Horsfall, February 27, 1812	151
George Mellor and Ned Ludd, March 1812	155
Lord Byron, March 1812	157
George Mellor and Ned Ludd, March 1812	160
Two Centuries of Disruption	164
Breaking Frames, Breaking Bones
The Prince Regent, Spring 1812	175
William Godwin and Percy Bysshe Shelley, March 1812	178
George Mellor, Spring 1812	180
B and the Spies, April 1812	186
William Horsfall, Spring 1812	188
Lord Byron, Spring 1812	190
The Battle of Rawfolds Mill, April 1812	192
William Cartwright, April 1812	199
Gravener Henson, April 1812	203
Lady Ludd, Spring and Summer 1812	206
Insurrection, April 1812	209
George Mellor, April 1812	213
Ned Ludd, April 1812	216
William Horsfall, April 28, 1812	218
An Involuntary Machine, 1800s	221
More Value than Work or Gold
The Prime Minister, May 1812	233
Lord Byron, May 1812	238
Captain Francis Raynes, May 1812	240
B, May 1812	243
George Mellor, May 1812	245
Ned Ludd, June 1812	250
Gravener Henson, June 1812	252
Mary Godwin, Summer 1812	255
Edmund Cartwright, June 1812	257
The Prince Regent, June 1812	262
Ned Ludd, July 1812	266
Gravener Henson, July 1812	268
George Mellor, Fall 1812	271
Lady Ludd, Fall 1812	275
B, Fall 1812	277
Captain Francis Raynes, Fall 1812	280
Mary Godwin, November 1812	282
Lord Byron, Winter 1812	285
Gravener Henson, Winter 1812	288
Ned Ludd, Winter 1812	290
The Trial, January 1813	292
Betrayal	296
No Confession	298
I Forgive	300
Ned Ludd on Trial	301
The Invention of the Luddites	305
The Prince Regent, February 1813	310
George Mellor, February 1813	311
Robert Blincoe, 1813	313
What the Entrepreneurs Won, June 1813	317
Gravener Henson, Winter 1813	322
Charles Ball, 1813	325
Lord Byron	328
The Modern Prometheus
Frankenstein, 1816	333
The Luddites, or The Modern Prometheus	341
What the Luddites Won	346
Fear Factories	353
The Owners of the New Machine Age
Douglas Schifter, 2018	367
The Great Comet Returns	369
The New Tech Titans, 2018	373
Fear Factories Redux, March 2020	377
Gig Workers Rising, November 2020	382
The New Luddites	388
Christian Smalls, June 2022	393
Douglas Schifter, 2018	398
Afterword	400
Are the Robots Coming for Our Jobs?	400
How Uprisings Against Big Tech Begin	406
Acknowledgments	413
Notes	417
Selected Bibliography	449
Index	455
About the Author	465
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