Should We Be Luddites?

The pursuit of a better future involves questioning the very foundations of our current society, including the forms of technology that uphold it. In today's video essay, we explore Ivan Illich's philosophy and concept of an "overgrowth of tools," and the need to develop new tools of conviviality, transform existing ones, and even discard some altogether. Thumbnail art by Max Ernst. Social Revolution: https://youtu.be/hfJMVb34FCo The Commons: https://youtu.be/HG4Y8bgUwQ0 Library Economy: https://youtu.be/NOYa3YzVtyk Thanks @Anark for voicing the quotes! Introduction - 0:00 Exploring Our Tools - 1:43 The Overgrowth of Tools & Its Consequences - 7:35 Tools For Conviviality - 11:04 Defining A Convivial Society - 15:38 Criticisms - 20:00 Illich's Impact - 23:28 Outro - 26:02 Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/saintdrew = outro music: Cedar Womb by joe zempel YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuMhK75-tYDMV_7nEExFmg Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3vVDncwsr2d6svvsH8WVYO?si=XCvFfCf5RM--WiCRHTUjgw&dl_branch=1 = Sources & Resources: Convivialism: A Philosophical Manifesto by Raymond D. Boisvert - https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/pluralist.5.2.0057 Tools for Conviviality by Ivan Illich Innovation without growth: Frameworks for understanding technological change in a post-growth era by Mario Pansera and Mariano Fressoli - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1350508420973631 Tools for degrowth? Ivan Illich's critique of technology revisited - https://degrowth.info/en/library/tools-for-degrowth-ivan-illich-s-critique-of-technology-revisited Convivialist Manifesto - https://www.gcr21.org/publications/gcr/global-dialogues/convivialist-manifesto-a-declaration-of-interdependence