Kyle Harrison
to-read
Techno-Negative
Techno-Negative: A Long History of Refusing the Machine
- Author
- Thomas Dekeyser
- Published
- 2026
- Pages
- 240
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: A history of technology refusal — the people who tried to undo a technology rather than adopt it, going well past the Luddites.
University of Minnesota Press, March 2026. Chayka reviewed it for The New Yorker.
Where I saw it: Kyle Chayka (@chaykak) on X, April 8, 2026: “a deep history of resisting and destroying technology, way beyond Luddites… recommended reading for tech industry & writers.”
Connections
- Technological Innovation — read against the grain: the history of the refusals rather than the adoptions.
- Ideological Family Tree — where anti-technology politics actually descends from.