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Full text of "Industrial Society and Its Future - The Unabomber's Manifesto"
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" Never forget that a human being with
technology is exactly like an alcoholic with
a barrel of wine"
- Ted Kaczynski
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IF THE UNABOMBER PREVAILS
AND WE RETURN TO WILD NATURE...
CAN I STILL HAVE MY CARPHONE?
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INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
AND ITS FUTURE
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The Unabomber's Manifesto
Aiui-Authorttartans Anonymous Po Box 11331 Eugene.Oregon 97440 U$.
Anti-Authoritarians AiioiiMiwus
TO Box 11331
Eugene, Oregon 9"-l4l)
Introduction
1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster Tor the human race. They
have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in "advanced" countries,
but they hitvc destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings
to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical
suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued
development of technology will worsen the situation. Il will certainly subject human beings
lo greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to
greater social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical
suffering even in "advanced" countries.
2. The industrial-technological system may survive or it may break down. If it survives, it may
eventually achieve a low level of physical and psychological suffering, but only after passing
through a long and very painful period of adjustment and only at the cost of permanently
reducing human beings and many other living organisms lo engineered products and mere
cogs in the social machine. Furthermore, if the system survives, the consequences will be
inevitable; There is no way of reforming or modifying the system so as lo prevent it from
depriving people of dignity and autonomy.
3. If (lie system breaks down the consequences will still be very painful. But the bigger the
system grows the more disastrous the results of its breakdown will be, so if it is to break down
il had best break down sooner
