Daily (Ned Ludd[ite]–style) Digital Life Litany for Protection, Direction and Stewardship

Caveat emptier: This post was drafted with help from an AI assistant (Perplexity)— but ideated and edited extensively by the human, Bill Acton - #81

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Lord,

you know I come from the age

when breaking the machine

looked like the only way

to save the worker.

In this world of glowing looms and silent code,

give me wisdom beyond simply swinging a hammer.

Teach me to ask what each device does

to human hands and hearts—

who is made safer,

who is made expendable,

who is quietly watched.

Guard me from blind trust in new machinery,

but also from blind rage against it.

Let my resistance be thoughtful,

not just noisy;

protective, not merely destructive.

Help me stand with those

whose jobs are scraped into algorithms,

whose time and data are harvested

without fair return.

Show me how to say “no”

to exploitative systems

without cutting myself off

from tools that could truly help.

And grant that my stewardship of this digital age

would be more than nostalgia or sabotage—

a stubborn, hopeful labor

to make technology serve people,

not grind them down.

AI‑assisted creative work: This litany is an imaginative parody pastiche using generative AI. It imitates the public persona of [Ned Ludd] for commentary and devotional reflection. It is not created by or affiliated with [Ned Ludd], and should not be taken as his real views or words.

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