How Trump won an election helped by America's anti-tech luddites

How'd Donald Trump win the White House? It’s a vexing question with a least a half a dozen good explanations. Among them: a nationalist bent, fear of change, the destruction of the rust belt, blue-collar flight to the right—each one played a substantial role.

As did technology.

It's supposed to be our magic carpet to a new existence. Automation, globalization, arm-chair shopping, ready-access to the history of the world and an unprecedented tap into the roiling white-water rapids of our shared public consciousness. How could you not understand your fellow humans as so many of them reveal their deepest and most personal concerns online so regularly? Read more...