Technological Slavery by Theodore Kaczynski (2019, Trade Paperback, Expanded,Enlarged edition)

Fitch & Madison Publishers

1944228012

9781944228019

4038569754

Technological Slavery

3

Theodore Kaczynski

Trade Paperback

English

Civilization, General, Political, World, Sociology / Social Theory

2019

History, Social Science, Philosophy

355 Pages

9 in

6 in

0.2 in

19 Oz

Mlcm 2021/43469 (T)

Expanded,Enlarged Edition

"His work, despite his deeds, deserves a place alongside Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, and 1984, by George Orwell." -- Dr. Keith Ablow , Fox News, "There is nothing in [ISAIF] that looks at all like the work of a madman. The language is clear, precise and calm. The argument is subtle and carefully developed, lacking anything even faintly resembling the wild claims or irrational speculation that a lunatic might produce." --James Q. Wilson, Ph.D., former president of the American Political Science Association, "He is clearly a Luddite, but simply saying this does not dismiss his argument... As difficult as it is for me to acknowledge, I saw some merit in the reasoning in [Kaczynski's writing]." -- Bill Joy , founder of Sun Microsystems, Wired Magazine, "Kaczynski understands what those of us more fully participating in the technological system are unable to fully appreciate: that technological society is beyond rational human control and will result in cataclysmic harm. What he presents is a sound moral argument with what should be eye-opening historical social illustrations that are, together, too numerous to refute." --Jai Galliott, Ph.D. School of Engineering and Information Technology, UNSW Canberra, "Kaczynski understands what those of us more fully participating in the technological system are unable to fully appreciate: that technological society is beyond rational human control and will result in cataclysmic harm. What he presents is a sound moral argument with what should be eye-opening historical social illustrations that are, together, too numerous to refute." -- Jai Galliott, Ph.D. , School of Engineering and Information Technology, UNSW Canberra, "His work, despite his deeds, deserves a place alongside Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, and 1984, by George Orwell."-- Dr. Keith Ablow, Fox News, "There is nothing in [ISAIF] that looks at all like the work of a madman. The language is clear, precise and calm. The argument is subtle and carefully developed, lacking anything even faintly resembling the wild claims or irrational speculation that a lunatic might produce." -- James Q. Wilson, Ph.D. , former president of the American Political Science Association, "He is clearly a Luddite, but simply saying this does not dismiss his argument... As difficult as it is for me to acknowledge, I saw some merit in the reasoning in [Kaczynski's writing]." -- Bill Joy, founder of Sun Microsystems

CONTENTS Epigraph ............................................................................................................. v The epigraph is from Brutus's speech delivered to the Roman commonwealth in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene 2. Preface to the First and Second Editions ................................................................ 1 Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition .......................................................... 9 Letter to Scientific American .............................................................................. 15 Industrial Society and Its Future (ISAIF) .............................................................. 21 Postscript to ISAIF ........................................................................................... 107 The System's Neatest Trick ................................................................................ 111 Extracts from Letters to David Skrbina ................................................................ 127 Excerpts from Letters to a German .................................................................... 223 Extract from a Letter to A.O. ............................................................................ 239 Extract from Letter to J.N. ............................................................................... 245 Excerpts from Letter to M.K. ............................................................................ 257 Letter to Dr. P.B. on the Motivations of Scientists ................................................ 265 Appendix One: On Learned Helplessness ........................................................... 283 Appendix Two: Human Will Versus the "Objective" Forces of History ...................... 287 Appendix Three: Why Democracy is the Dominant Political Form of the Modern World ........................................................................................ 291 Appendix Four: Sarmiento and the Gauchos ....................................................... 301 Appendix Five: Disposal of Radioactive Waste ..................................................... 305 Appendix Six: Nations That Made a Conscious Decision to Adopt Democratic Government Usually Did So Because They Believed That Democracy Would Help Them to Achieve Economic and Technological Success .................................................................................... 309 Appendix Seven: Loyalty to the System Versus Loyalty to Traditional Social Groups: Some Examples Relevant to Paragraphs 51 & 52 of ISAIF .............. 323 Appendix Eight: In Support of the Letter to Dr. P.B. ............................................. 327 List of Works Cited.......................................................................................... 331 Index ........................................................................................................... 347

2019

Trade

2018-963779