The textile industry disruption (Luddites destroying machinery) was not just economic but involved tremendous social unrest, suggesting that even successful long-term technological transitions involve significant temporary costs that cannot be dismissed

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Speaker

Reid Hoffmann

Evidence Quote

“We got through the textile mills, but there was tremendous social unrest. The English term Luddite exists because there was actual turmoil”

Source

Reid Hoffman & Peter Thiel The Future of Revolutions— Worth Media
Created: 8/13/2026, 9:55:39 AM

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