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# Industrial Society and Its Future
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>The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster
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>for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy
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>of those of us who live in "advanced" countries, but they have
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>destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected
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>human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological
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>suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have
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>inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued
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>development of technology will worsen the situation. It will
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>certainly subject human beings to greater indignities and inflict
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>greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater
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>social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to
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>increased physical suffering even in "advanced" countries
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Industrial Society and Its Future is a essay written by Theodore Kaczynski.
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It explains why technology is bad. Basically.
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I agree in a few points only. But it's a worth reading if you're bored.
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