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binary_choice 's review for:
Industrial Society and Its Future
by Theodore John Kaczynski
"Freedom means having power; not the power to control other people but the power to control the circumstances of one’s own life. One does not have freedom if anyone else (especially a large organization) has power over one, no matter how benevolently, tolerantly and permissively that power may be exercised."
A fascinating read. Kaczynski brings forward very uncomfortable truths about modern society and makes some startlingly accurate predictions about the 21st century. However, this is still clearly written by someone unfocused, angry, and prone to distraction (and also prone to committing crimes, but everyone knows that). The multiple chapters focused on the dangers of leftism when many of his large-scale complaints derive from the capitalist class is a bizarre choice, even if some of his criticisms of leftists weren't inaccurate. Seems like he had some chip on his shoulder about people he met in university and decided that needed to be included for whatever reason.
I'd also add that his focus on technology seems overly misplaced. A lot of passages in the book make more sense if you replace the anti-technology language with anti-capitalist rhetoric, but I guess that would be too leftist for Kaczynski.
A fascinating read. Kaczynski brings forward very uncomfortable truths about modern society and makes some startlingly accurate predictions about the 21st century. However, this is still clearly written by someone unfocused, angry, and prone to distraction (and also prone to committing crimes, but everyone knows that). The multiple chapters focused on the dangers of leftism when many of his large-scale complaints derive from the capitalist class is a bizarre choice, even if some of his criticisms of leftists weren't inaccurate. Seems like he had some chip on his shoulder about people he met in university and decided that needed to be included for whatever reason.
I'd also add that his focus on technology seems overly misplaced. A lot of passages in the book make more sense if you replace the anti-technology language with anti-capitalist rhetoric, but I guess that would be too leftist for Kaczynski.