The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster ...

The Unabomber Manifesto (aka "Industrial Society and Its Future") is a critique of modern technology's impact on human freedom and community. Written by Ted Kaczynski, a Harvard graduate and professor of mathematics at Berkeley, its widespread dissemination prompted debates on technological ethics and the balance between progress and personal autonomy, influencing discussions on privacy, surveillance, and the consequences of technological advancement.

Please read the following sections of the Unabomber Manifesto before our discussion (each section is about 1-2 pages):

• Introduction;
• Restriction of freedom is unavoidable in industrial society;
• The ‘bad’ parts of technology cannot be separated from the ‘good’ parts;
• Technology is a more powerful social force than the aspiration for freedom;
• Control of human behavior;
• Two kinds of technology.

The full manifesto can be found in the Washington Post.

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• The Theft of a Decade: How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials' Economic Future — Thursday August 1

• The Price of Redemption: Why Catholicism Viewed Profit as A Sin — Wednesday July 31

• Yanis Varoufakis on the 2008 Financial Crisis and the Future of the World Economy — Wednesday July 17