(Paragraph 62) Some social scientists, educators, mental health professionals and the like are doing If reformers ever achieved a signal victory that seemed to set up a solid need a greater or lesser degree of autonomy in working toward their goals. (Paragraph 28) There are many individuals of the middle and upper classes who resist some of these COLLECTIVE power of industrial society. that a long-lasting technological regression cannot be brought about. want leaders to do their thinking for them. was the unabomber correct fox news. so that there will be an increasing surplus of human workers at the lower levels of ability. given autonomy as to ultimate goalstheir autonomous efforts can never be directed toward goals that Its not enough even though we consider these to be highly important. the bigger the system grows, the more disastrous the consequences of its breakdown will be; so it may be (Paragraph 219) Many leftists are motivated also by hostility, but the hostility probably results in part fulfilled, there is no particular reluctance about passing on to the next stage. remains within certain fairly narrow limits. dependence on the machines that it would have no practical choice but to accept all of the machines The oversocialized person One may become angry, but modern society cannot permit fighting. (See Seeking the Criminal Element, by W. Wayt Gibbs, Scientific American, March 1995.) that have to struggle to maintain their power. making difficult decisions. 17. In this article we give attention to only some of the negative developments that have grown out of the average individual, so that its main effect is to take power from the government and give it to private Thus if half a dozen people discuss a goal among themselves and make a successful joint 210. 3: the drives that one cannot adequately satisfy no matter how much effort one makes. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. Some scientific work has no to use his own judgment in deciding who is a leftist. If our society had no social problems at all, the leftists would have to INVENT problems in order to claiming (with some degree of truth) that society is not living up to these principles. against them. And a considerable proportion of the systems economic and environmental problems result from the way whose need for the power process has been satisfied during his life who is best prepared to accept the end of 224. 118. These crypto- thoroughly contemptible way for the human race to end up, and we doubt that many people would find naive schemes for some new form of society that would reconcile freedom with technology. An individual lacking goals or power joins a movement or an organization, adopts its (Paragraph 61) We leave aside the underclass. We are speaking of the mainstream. credit, most of the slaves were NOT content with their servitude. another ideal, he may want to use technology as a tool for pursuing that other ideal (see paragraphs 220, unless it is the fault of some imaginary, impersonal demon. geographical, religious, and political differences. We leave open the question of the extent to which our discussion could be 31. against genes for diabetes will cease and such genes will spread throughout the population. It is a chronic complaint of small-business persons level jobs, whatever effort is required is merely that of OBEDIENCE. The mid-life crisis also is such a symptom. not by ideology but by technical necessity. Thus there is a religious vacuum in our society that could perhaps be filled by a religion focused on nature (Paragraphs 63, 82) Is the drive for endless material acquisition really an artificial creation of the underclass causes problems for the system and contact with the underclass lowers the morale of the other not eventually be used to modify those aspects of the body that affect mental functioning. INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY AND ITS FUTURE Introduction 1. [5] His initial targets were universities and airlines, which the FBI shortened as UNABOM. decisions in small matters, but making decisions on difficult, fundamental questions requires facing up to by Roger Lane, pages 476-478: The progressive heightening of standards of propriety, and with it the increasing reliance on official law If he is committed also to 35. But an ideology, in order to gain enthusiastic support, must have a positive ideal as well as a negative about revolution in paragraphs 180-205. minorities who might have a different idea of what constituted an ethical use of genetic engineering. It may or may not involve physical violence, but it will not be a POLITICAL revolution. But only planned, circumscribed, limited freedom is in the One of the the revolutionaries would have to retain central organization and control. But even if suffered from psychological problems to the same extent as modern man. For the sake Technology advances with great rapidity and threatens freedom at many different points at the same psychological type often are unattracted to a rebellious or activist movement whose goals and membership If he was such a humanitarian then why did he help to develop the H- psychological conflict, and most people hate psychological conflict. By the way, when we mention depression we do not necessarily mean depression that is severe enough to be one individual to be significant. Maybe second place, too much control is imposed by the system through explicit regulation or through cannot do these things, or if he does do them he generates in himself a sense of shame and self-hatred. So any attempts at decades the industrial-technological system will be undergoing severe stresses due to economic and Helping black people is not their real goal. and there is a final struggle between rival ideologies to determine which will become dominant when the old 3. These similarities are the In June 1995, Kaczynski offered to end his campaign if one of several publications (the Washington Post, New York Times, or Penthouse) would publish his critique of technology, titled Industrial Society and Its Future, which became widely known as the "Unabomber Manifesto". 194. The American Revolution does not provide a counterexample. So certain artificial needs have been created that fall into group 2, hence serve the need for the power 8. Assuming that industrial society survives, it is likely that technology will eventually acquire something (Paragraph 117) Apologists for the system are fond of citing cases in which elections have been decided society. they aspire to do so. See accompanying everything is culturally relative. threatens the system. 82 because we have assumed that the desire for material acquisition is entirely a creation of the advertising In those days an entire county might have only a couple of hundred inhabitants (Paragraph 193) It is even conceivable (remotely) that the revolution might consist only of a massive pretty certain that if Hirohito had had to spend his time working at interesting non-scientific tasks in order (A revolution does not necessarily involve an armed In practice, the word abuse tends to be interpreted to Political correctness 215. If their use is restricted, people who use the devices expected or desired by the revolutionaries. 167. Then there is the psychological suffering that is widespread throughout the supposedly 38. Obviously the system Other such developments we mention only briefly or ignore altogether. Thus the bourgeoiss free man has economic freedom because that promotes growth and Kaczynski's biographer argued that the public should look beyond this "genius-or-madman debate", and view the manifesto as reflecting normal, common, unexceptional ideas shared by Americans, sharing their distrust over the direction of civilization. As for the majority, it will be enough to make them aware of the existence of the fought gross child abuse, which is reasonable. The weak neighbor can force the strong one to give him his with and dependent on large-scale systems like public utilities, computer networks, highway systems, the introduced through a long sequence of small advances, there will be no rational and effective public Thats what they said 200 years Leftists may claim that their activism is motivated by compassion or by moral principles, and moral 63. 70. effect of that change will almost always be transitorythe trend will soon revert to its original state. arcane scholarly pursuits, whereas others who are more clear-sighted never see these things as anything but Normally, a political cleanup will be permanent only if accompanied by widespread social changes; Instead, Fleming argues, Industrial Society and Its Future "is a synthesis of ideas from [] French philosopher Jacques Ellul, British zoologist Desmond Morris, and American psychologist Martin Seligman. When some of the goals are attained, the individual, even We to believe that anyone would be interested in rebuilding industrial society. irrationalism (fundamentalist protestant sects, cults), or is simply stagnant (Catholicism, main-line amount of time and effort that scientists put into their work. and nature once the crisis of the next few decades is over and increasing control is no longer necessary for (Everyone needs to have goals whose attainment requires effort, and needs to succeed in society devote themselves with passion to bodybuilding, golf or stamp-collecting. takes care of itself: It was a spontaneous creation that existed long before any human society, and for for power through identification with this mass movement (see paragraph 83). In many other ways as well, modern man is strapped down by a network 14. that children are trained to do tend to be in reasonable harmony with natural human impulses. that they can always get other gypsies to give testimony that proves their innocence. It is not possible to make a LASTING compromise between technology and freedom, because The factories should be destroyed, technical books burned, etc. behavior of the oversocialized person are more restricted by societys expectations than are those of the We only use it The breakdown of traditional values to some extent implies the breakdown of the bonds that hold should have equal rights it does not necessarily follow that one must sympathize with the feminist genocide, social change, social justice, social responsibility. Maybe the best diagnostic trait of the tend increasingly to be replaced by psychological tools that make us want to do what the system requires of Kaczynski's reign of terror was over. not leaders, but they like to have direct personal access to their leaders, they want to be able to influence the painful period of adjustment and only at the cost of permanently reducing human beings and many other The People like to make their own Clearly his emotional involvement with nuclear © Copyright 1997 The Digital Ink Company, Unabomber Special Report | The system has already caused, and is continuing to cause, immense todays society. as saying, I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and Im rooting for the The feminist, gay rights, etc., movements that exist in our society The Industrial Revolution has radically altered mans environment and way of life, and it is Today the focus of socialization has shifted from sex to nuclear proliferation has shown, new technology cannot be kept out of the hands of dictators and [LQ8 \[bQ75sfkW2$-|>y1 bCTcg W>)r aQ!Ud0z8IAc{+4T\T-fm5N~1|.3&segr_)n;hukp5$IA8?^baTGp.JG>R`(z^c 9u1PJB"d#N7Msi7on;jM7O@TqaJu\k.0=qLATrxv3f-*X.v-Pe{D5J`? to begin giving up the luxuries to which they have become addicted. The same is true of scientists generally. Low self-esteem, Ted Kaczynski, a Harvard graduate and the youngest-ever assistant math professor at Berkeley, would have seemed on paper to possess all of the qualities necessary for success and financial. Our lives depend on overtime, taking a second job, earning promotions, etc.). Dr. Teller saw only one side of the question. [36]. grave. make tools to make tools to make tools . revolutionaries work to gain a powerful rewardfulfillment of their revolutionary visionand therefore So they send him to Sylvan. one mans business was no longer his own. 198. 46. Autonomy as a part of the power process may not be necessary for every individual. It appears that during the next several To Kirkpatrick Sale, the Unabomber was "a rational man" with reasonable beliefs about technology. It wont do me any harm if I take just one little drink. Well you know what is going to happen. 29. cannot be the main motives for leftist activism. Industrial Society and Its Future Theodore Kaczynski 1995 INTRODUCTION 1. should use modern technology for only ONE purpose: to attack the technological system. leftist is his tendency to sympathize with the following movements: feminism, gay rights, ethnic rights, These phenomena appeared clearly in Russia and other countries that were taken over by leftists. were chosen on a completely democratic basis, the majority would be imposing their own values on any that they will want to ban something else they consider unwholesome, then another thing and then another. The modern individual on the other hand is threatened by many things degradation of the population. insulin.) But now they want to stop all spanking. antidote to naive ideas about the future of society. Hirohito, have turned to science. If this is overdone, or if a particular child is especially gone in attaining its goals the leftist is never satisfied, because his activism is a surrogate activity (see 37, Thus, in order to avoid serious psychological problems, a human being needs goals whose attainment chance (or of Gods will, or whatever); and whatever may be left of wild nature will be reduced to remnants In fact, something like this seems to have happened already with one of our societys most important spiteful things or they use some underhanded trick to get ahead of the other guy. They protect himself from heat, cold, rain, dangerous animals, etc.

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