#19 in Technology & IT
Industrial Society and Its Future
- 112
- Pages
- about 2 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Industrial Society and Its Future”, Ted Kaczynski’s 1995 essay known as the Unabomber’s manifesto, makes disturbing reading. It argues that industrial technology has eroded human freedom and that only a near-primitive way of life can restore it. Some readers are unsettled to find parts of its critique persuasive; others read it as a reactionary tract whose hostility to the left, feminism and gay rights echoes today’s far right. It calls for a critical reader.
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About the book
Industrial Society and Its Future, also known as the Unabomber Manifesto, is a 1995 essay by Ted Kaczynski arguing that the Industrial Revolution began a harmful process of natural destruction brought about by technology. Furthermore it states that forcing humans to adapt to machinery creates a sociopolitical order that suppresses human potential and freedom.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.1 across 58 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 28% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Technology & IT average of 8.1. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 10 | 17% |
| Hardcover | 7.0 | 48 | 83% |
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