Fix new rules that can sabotage gig economy

SACRAMENTO – An anti-technology movement from early 19th-century Britain has long been part of our lexicon. Luddites were knitters who destroyed textile machines to protect their jobs. Today the term applies to anyone who fights a crusade against the modern economy. Original Luddites weren’t against technology per se, Smithsonian magazine explains, but only attacked manufacturers “who used machines in what they called ‘a fraudulent and deceitful manner’ to get aroun