Technological Slavery Volume 1

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 cha