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The framebreakers of 1811 were not protesting machinery. They were protesting the use of machinery to evade apprenticeship, quality customs and agreed piece rates — and that is the part the word Luddite erases.
Inference can be cheap while accepted software remains expensive; the correct denominator is valuable, reviewed change—not tokens, diffs, or agent hours.
From stone tools to AI agents, technology changes human capability through cumulative culture, institutions, and feedback—not through gadgets acting alone.