Technological Slavery

Logical lucid and direct Technological Slavery radically reinvigorates and reforms the intellectual foundations of an age-old and resurgent world-view: “Progress” is a myth. Wild nature and humanity are fundamentally incompatible with technological growth. In Technological Slavery Kaczynski argues that: (i) the unfolding human and environmental crises are the direct inevitable result of technology itself; (ii) many of the stresses endured in contemporary life are not normal to the human condition but unique to technological conditions; (iii) wilderness and human life close to nature are realistic and supreme ideals; and (iv) a revolution to eliminate modern technology and attain these ideals is necessary and far more achievable than would first appear. Drawing on a broad range of disciplines Kaczynski weaves together a set of visionary social theories to form a revolutionary perspective on the dynamics of history and the evolution of societies. The result is a comprehensive challenge to the fundamental values and assumptions of the modern technology-driven world pinning the cause of the rapidly unfolding catastrophe on technology itself while offering a realistic hope for ultimate recovery. Note: Theodore John Kaczynski does not receive any remuneration for this book.