Tech Refusal Has a Very Long History w/ Thomas Dekeyser

2026-07-16 · 63 min · episode 337 · 15 entities

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We are often told that resisting technological development is impossible and ‘progress’ is inevitable, but history says otherwise. Thomas Dekeyser joins Paris Marx to discuss how understanding radical resistances of the past can help us rethink our modern relationship with technology and reshape our vision of the future. Thomas Dekeyser is a lecturer in human geography at the University of Southampton, author of Techno-Negative: A Long History of Refusing the Machine , and co-creator of the documentary Machines in Flames . The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation . Production is by Kyla Hewson. Support the show on Patreon . Also mentioned in this episode: You can now pre-order Paris’s new book Hyperscale . Shout out to friend of the pod The Luddite Club . This article by Saul Levin and Astra Taylor discusses the growing bipartisan opposition towards data centers. Support the show