Technological Slavery
Volume One
by Theodore Kaczynski
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Pub Date Jul 02 2019 | Archive Date Jun 05 2020
Fitch & Madison Publishers | Fitch & Madison Publishers, LLC
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Description
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.
Advance Praise
"Kaczynski is a careful, insightful thinker who makes forceful arguments against technology...He is clear, precise, and articulate. [His] writing style is perfectly suited to the task."
— David Skrbina, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Dearborn
“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... deserves a place alongside Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, and 1984, by George Orwell."
— Dr. Keith Ablow, Fox News
"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
"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
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781944228019 |
| PRICE | $19.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 355 |
