Get with the times — here's what a 'Luddite' means today

Published June 19, 2026 · Category: News

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A protester holds a sign during a protest outside of OpenAI headquarters calling for a pause in AI development in San Francisco on March 21.

It's often a derogatory term used to describe digital dinosaurs and technophobes. That wasn't always the case. NPR's Word of the Week looks back at the not so backwards-looking Luddites.

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