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The Unabomber Manifesto
- Brilliant Madman's Essay on Technology, Society, and the Future of Humanity
- Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
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Summary
On September 19th, 1995, the New York Times printed an essay by a known terrorist in a desperate attempt to stop his string of civilian bombings.
The newspaper’s editors dismissed “The Unabomber” as a lunatic, but his essay soon began to capture the attention of the world’s wisest political minds. As The Atlantic wrote: “[The essay] was greeted...by many thoughtful people as a work of genius.”
"Reprehensible for murdering and maiming people...but precisely correct in many of his ideas.” (Keith Albow, author and psychiatrist)
“If it is the work of a madman, then the writings of many political philosophers - Jean Jacques Rousseau, Tom Paine, Karl Marx - are scarcely more sane." (James Q. Wilson, professor of political science, UCLA)
“[He] was right about one thing: technology has its own agenda.” (Kevin Kelly, founding executive editor of WIRED)
As the decades have passed since the essay was published, the truth behind the author’s warnings have become harder to ignore.
Predicting society’s present addiction to technology, our challenges with data privacy, and the dramatic increase in drug overdoses and depression that have accompanied a technology-induced lack of purpose, The Unabomber’s vision of the future has become our reality.
Of course, his means were disgusting and condemnable. But his message is more important than ever.
If we want to thrive in an age where automation and artificial intelligence and rapidly making humans obsolete, it is our responsibility to understand and prepare for the technological machine we are up against.
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- Samatar
- 21-08-22
Capitalism will sell you the rope to which it will hang itself
Industrial society is bound to fail & self-destruct, this manifesto merely expedites this inevitable process.
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- Darren
- 25-01-23
brilliant madman
it's a shame this guy went the wrong way. it's a great book that rings true considering what our leftist Marxist go government is doing
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- Leo Sofer
- 29-06-23
astoundingly relatable
multiple times I found myself saying out loud "I've thought that for years!"
great piece of writing. Ted truly has a dig at every aspect of modern society. leftists, conservatives, corporate types, scientists... and you are left with a new look on society that you didn't have before. That we are all part of a system that rarely cares about our hopes and dreams and that the things we put value on are generally hedonistic and useless.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-07-23
Rings true more than ever
Very thought provoking, good listen, rings true more than ever. Would highly recommend everyone gives this at least one listen
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