Before algorithms threatened careers, before technology could replace human labor with the click of a button, a different machine arrived in England and threw an entire generation into crisis.
In 1812, young men returned home from war to find their livelihoods vanishing, their communities unraveling, and their futures being decided by people who called it “progress.” What followed was one of history’s first violent battles over technological disruption.
When I first encountered their story three years ago, I was struck by how little had changed.
We Are All Burning is the story of the original fight against the machine—a story about fear, hope, resistance, and what happens when humanity struggles to keep pace with the future.