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Industrial Society and Its Future

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by Theodore John Kaczynski

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Kaczynski is a wounded mathematician who went off the rails and wrote a sociological dissertation based on his own inability to socialize. He hates the world he was thrown into, could not adapt to, and felt had injured him. So, like a wounded, narcissistic child, he resorted to violence to get attention for his pain. Why give him any more credit than that?
Gold Dust He didn't want attention. He wanted to live alone in peace in the wilderness. But human development in the area made that impossible after a while. He…moreHe didn't want attention. He wanted to live alone in peace in the wilderness. But human development in the area made that impossible after a while. He was against technology and believed that it was making society worse. He committed acts of violence to bring attention to the issue, not to himself.(less)
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Is it ironic to read this on a kindle?
Marcus Probably just as ironic to read it on the products of deforestation, hot off the industrial printing press.
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Why is it important to read book by murderers?
EVERLASTINGYEA Regardless of who the person is or what they have done, I don't really believe that there is anything fundamentally wrong with opening your mind to al…moreRegardless of who the person is or what they have done, I don't really believe that there is anything fundamentally wrong with opening your mind to alternate viewpoints; but hey, that's just me!(less)
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