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DoomsdaysCWNow in College, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LudditeTeens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LudditeTeens</a> Still Don’t Want Your LikesThree years after starting a club meant to fight <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a>’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.By Alex Vadukul Jan. 30, 2025"Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Philadelphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Philadelphia</a> on a recent afternoon to recruit new members to her club. She taped a flier to a pole: '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JoinTheLudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JoinTheLudditeClub</a> For <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MeaningfulConnections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MeaningfulConnections</a>.' Down the block, she posted another one: 'Do You Desire a Healthier Relationship With Technology, Especially Social Media? The Luddite Club Welcomes You and Your Ideas.'"When a student approached, Ms. Watling dove into her pitch. "'Our club promotes <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConsciousConsumption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConsciousConsumption</a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a>,' she said. 'We’re for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanConnection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanConnection</a>. I’m one of the first members of the original Luddite Club in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Brooklyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brooklyn</a>. Now I’m trying to start it in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Philly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Philly</a>."She pulled out a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FlipPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlipPhone</a>, mystifying her recruit."'We use these,' she said. 'This has been the most freeing experience of my life.' If Ms. Watling had a missionary’s zeal, it was because she wasn’t just promoting a student club, but an approach to modern life that profoundly changed her two years ago, when she helped form the Luddite Club as a high school student in New York. "But that was then, back when things were simpler, before she had embarked on the more independent life of a college student and found herself having to navigate QR codes, two-factor-identification logins, dating apps and other digital staples of campus life. "The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LudditeClub</a> was the subject of an article I wrote in 2022 — a story that, ironically, went viral. It told of how a group of teenage tech skeptics from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn and a few other schools in the city gathered on weekends in Prospect Park to enjoy some time together away from the machine. "They <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sketched" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sketched</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/painted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#painted</a> side by side. They read quietly, favoring works by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dostoyevsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dostoyevsky</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kerouac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kerouac</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Vonnegut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vonnegut</a>. They sat on logs and groused about how <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TikTok</a> was dumbing down their generation. Their flip phones were decorated with stickers and nail polish."Readers inspired by their message responded in hundreds of emails and comments. Reporters from Germany, Brazil, Japan and elsewhere flooded my inbox, asking me how to reach these students who were so hard to track down online. Snarky Reddit threads and think pieces sprouted. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RalphNader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RalphNader</a> endorsed the club in an opinion essay, writing: 'This is a rebellion that needs support and diffusion.'" Read more: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/style/luddite-teens-reunion.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/style/luddite-teens-reunion.html</a>Archived version: <a href="https://archive.ph/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolarPunkSunday</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeoLuddite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NeoLuddite</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Luddites</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LessScreenTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LessScreenTime</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreBoardGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MoreBoardGames</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreGreenTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MoreGreenTime</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreOutdoorTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MoreOutdoorTime</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FlipPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlipPhones</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MoreBooks</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistTheMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResistTheMachine</a>

BettinaAll your teen want for xmas is... a flip phone: "“When I got my flip phone, things instantly changed,” Lola continued. “I started using my brain. It made me observe myself as a person. " <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/LudditeTeens" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LudditeTeens</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/ThereIsHope" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ThereIsHope</a> <a href="https://dnyuz.com/2022/12/15/luddite-teens-dont-want-your-likes/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://dnyuz.com/2022/12/15/luddite-teens-dont-want-your-likes/</a>

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