Anti-Tech Revolution
A comprehensive historical analysis explaining the futility of social control and the catastrophic influence of technological growth on human social and planetary ecological systems. Distilled from the critical socio-historical analysis is the author's own theoretical framework for effecting meaningful and lasting change. Note: Theodore John Kaczynski does not receive any remuneration for this book.
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23mentions
7people
2017–2023years
61% recommend39% neutral
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What Hacker News says
- Agreed. People of the past lived happier, more in peace and more fulfilling years of life than modern people despite worse material conditions, violence, diseases and child mortality. Technology has been only harmful to humanity, and this is by principle, it’s not a side effect. Human body and mind is literally designed to live in a no-organization-dependent[1]-technology world, whether you believe in creation or evolution. We are literally not designed to live in a world of convenience.
1: Kaczynski’s term. Read his manifesto or even better the book Anti-Tech Revolution.
- I would argue that there is a significant difference between Ted Kaczynski and the numerous conspiracy theorists out there. A quick read through his works, most notably his latest piece, "Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How," will quickly reveal the careful, rational approach he applies to his arguments.
Conspiracy theorists often fail to comprehend that secret agencies can naturally emerge in modern societies. A society without such agencies would be at the mercy of those societies that do have them.
What if, for instance, China successfully develops a mind control program and your country does not?
Asserting that the CIA is "bad", without considering larger societal trends and developments, is overly simplistic.
Ted Kaczynski would not engage in such emotional judgments. Here's an example of his reasoning concerning the evolution of modern societies: https://en.wikialpha.org/wiki/Self-propagating_system
- Anti-Tech Revolution and Technological Slavery are both amazing books and must-reads.
- His books are even better. "Anti-Tech Revolution" and "Technological Slavery".
- Check out "Anti-Tech Revolution." That's his second book.
- Also check out Kaczynski's books: "Technological Slavery" and "Anti-Tech Revolution."
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