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338 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 20 Jan \ on: Weekend Book Recommendations BooksAndArticles
Ted Kazinsky's manifesto. Ted is better known as the Unabomber but he was was motivated by some incredibly vivid projections about technology. It's easy to disagree with the kind of violence he engaged in, but it's hard to disagree with him about the consequences of industrialized society. I disagree with his conclusions, and certainly his actions, but it's hard to disagree with his reasoning which is one of my favorite things to encounter.
There's a great and bingeable TV series Manhunt which provides some dramatized background on him, but I'd recommend reading his work too.
I was reminded to recommend this by Hans Reiser's letter from prison.
That darn manifesto is one of those things you read and go, huh, actually this makes a lot of sense, I agree with that and he's right about this, hey he's on to something, I'd totally vote for this guy and then you find out he was the Unabomber and you aren't quite sure what your next steps should be.
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