Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2024-08-22
Books mentioned on The Luddites: Misunderstood Working Class Heroes
Today we think of Luddites as people who don’t know how to use technology or are maybe even afraid of it. That’s pretty far from what the original Luddites were all about.
Josh Clark discussed An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith and Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant. Also mentioned: The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Discussed“when Adam when Adam Smith wrote a book uh in 1776 called an inquiry into the nature and causes of The Wealth of Nations”
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The Wealth of Nations
Discussed“One of the other things that happened to kind of—but this thing was full steam ahead when Adam Smith wrote a book in 1776 called 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.'”
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Blood in the Machine
Discussed“I think there was an author named Brian Merchant who wrote a book called blood in the machine and he essentially said he did he didn't cite pinchon”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Gravity's rainbow
“until Thomas pinchon the famous author of gravity's rainbow among others uh in 1984”