| The Unabomber Manifesto | Industrial Society and Its Future | | by “FC” |‘The Unaborber Manifesto: Indu Saiyan Furuse, No Copyigh 1998 Publi in she United Sas by oly Roger Pre All maze contained in hit book inthe pubic domain snd may be ‘eproduced in ny frm wihour he pemison ofthe pulse, or ordering infomation, weet: Joly Roger re, .0. Box 295, Barkly, CA 94703 Fin edtion Oca, 195 ‘Second eon Janay, 196 1s8N0.9634205.2-6 Pie inthe United Sta of Aeron Publisher's Note “his manuscripe was wen by she ori and el pied philosopher populsriy known atthe Unsbomber.Calig himself (oe ‘hensele) "FC" and chiming o be = pou nse ofa le individ the Unshomber sentient “Indl Society a I uti” to 2 number of pofeven and media over, demanding that i be publthed. Nason! nw enforcement oli cncourged ts publication [the hope tat same former asquaane would recngine FC wing syle or cil hears and provide hem witha duh iden. “Indunsal Sociny and Te Furr,” at prevnted bere, wat compiled from and roesccend with a ray of sures, inching ‘he Seprember 19,195 eon of he Washington Pa, he Sperber 2, 195 ein ofthe Gehl Tri, and vate on the Innes the conecions mo paragraph 116 and 117 were orignal ought in the Sepember 22,1995 eon ofthe Sox Francs Crowe ands sbsequndy on he nearer “This version ofthe manuscript is unesprguted and wncited, ‘excep for the conection of ew nae pos mipling and misled ann hw ory ie Jolly Roger Pres ts oe puis he Uae Mnf in ret sty the demands of FC, no specify 0 i lw enforcement ‘oficial, but provide rrcher,hivians, and anyone cle who Inecrened wih « permanen refrence lume and an intging aie of popular clue Mach has been weten about che Unsbomber and his philosophies much more, undoubsedly, wil be wen in the Fare However, this define ein of is ey i preted wih eri ‘emment on the prof the pubes, ‘The sntinens exon in “Indus Society an Its Puts” o noc nasal epee the opinions the pute cmos.INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY AND ITS FUTURE Irroduetin en “The Pybology of Maes Laie. Fling of Inte 5 ‘Overscislieton nn “The Power Process non Dispton of ie Foner Poss a Modem Sade Hw Some People Ads n ee — Tindal Technologie Sac Cano Be Reema 38 Reaticion of Freedom is Unevodetle in Indu Sockey36 “The "Bed Pans of Techalogy Cannot Be Sparued om the “Good” Pato “Technolog ie Mor Powel Social Force han the Apion for Froth nnn Simple Social Problems Hee Prove sacle oval Ete tha Rel r nen (Coed Hiren Bat. umn Rae ts Creme pone 8Endvsrrial Soviery and Iny Burnre 3 INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY AND ITS FUTURE INTRODUCTION 1. The dsl Reolsion and its consqueness ave ben disses fot thebuman ace They have ray ceased che ie cxpecancy f thon of ‘sole in ater coun, bu they have desi soci ase nad fe unfling bee objected human binge onde, reed (0 widespread psychologic slfering (in the Thiel Word co physical ‘acing aswel) ond ve indicted severe damage onthe ate wos “The concinued development of technology wil worsen the ssuaton. Ke vil cerainlysebjece human beings to preter indignities and inf (ester damage onthe natura wotd, wil probably lead to ger Soci disrption and psychologic ulin, and ic may led wo incesed (ved efecng even “aban” conte 2. The indutal-techlogie stem say marie ot ay be dows. If ie suv it MAY evenly achieve 4 lw level of physical and pychologial suing, but only after pasing trough along sed ery infil period of adjustment and only athe cos of pemaneny reducing human beings and many other ling onprisms oengineeed products nd mere co inthe sch machine. Furthermore, the rstem sie, the consequences will be icv: There 0 way of refcing or ‘modiyng the stem so as preven it om depeing people of dignity tnd sonny, 3: Ife gem eal down the conmguence il il be very anf Bat the bigger the aatem grows the more dmmous the cel of ie ‘endow wl es 15 0 Brak doe ad eat rea dawn sonar ‘abe tha ter 4. We dhenfire advocate eoason again he india yen. Tit revolion may oF may ae ake eof lence: ey be oudden ot snay bea slavely gradual proce spaning «Fw decades, We cant4 The Unabomber Manifesto pred ny of hat. Bue We do oun in very geet may dhe menses tha hoe who at the nds stem shuld taken dr vo pepce th way fora revolution aginst ha form of oie. The noo fea POLITICAL reoluion. ajc wll be ovectow aot governments ‘bute economic and ehnologial basi of he res ok 5, In this ance we give atemion to only some of the negative 6, Bat even if ost people in indusistechnologilcociey were wel tase, we (FO) would il e opposed ota form of ciety because Carong oer esos) we consider i demeaning to Rll on need or the per proes though surtogae ative © though idenicaion ‘pith an oganiatin, ade the though prs ofl pals ‘THE MOTIVES OF SCIENTISTS 17, Scene and sechslogy provide the mos imporane cemples of surogite acs, Some sear claim thar they ate motivated by “euros ha novon imply aber, Most cemst work on highly specialized problems tat arene he objet of any noemal eu. Fee sample ean asrosomer, + madhemtican of an ental cous oat the popes of spropylimetyimetane? OF eure ns. Only « helt i curlou show rock aching tnd be i eins about only beens chemist is his suo ac. Is tbe ches carious abou the appropiate daedaion of sae spe of bee? No, Tht question of ineres ony the entomologist and hes ineresed int only bees ‘uomology i bis uropate acy the chemi andthe earologie Jad to eet chnwele scout obtain te physical nests, an that elfrecrecued ther ais in an iterating way but it ome nonsciencfle purl, then they couldn't give 2 damn about Isoeapyeimthyimethae othe casifestion of betes. Suppo that lek of funds for posgradate educa bad ed he chemi wo bec ‘neue broker intend of chemin sat ca he woud have besa voy Indusoyial Society and Ine Farwre foxresed in insurance mater but woud have cared nothing about Sopeeryeimetipimelane In ay ave is noc nae put ino the fasion of mer cat the amount of ine and effet Sciens uti work, The “esos” explanation for che seni mote Jit due sand up 8 The "bnefi of human" explnation docs wrk ny feet. Some ‘cnilie wor bar na coazable relaon tothe weft of the human {aee—eoat of acharlogy oF eompacie linguistics for example, Some thes arear of seience present abviouly dangerous possibilities. Yee ‘rent in thes areas ate asa enthuse about thee work thre ‘the devalap vaccine or study sr pllaon. Conder the case of Dr ‘Edward Tells, who had an bios emotional ivaement in promsing ‘nde pomer plants Did this evelvement tem rom a deseo bet amar? If, ben why didnt Dr. Teleege emotional show shee “mandacan’” ae? was ouch buna den why id be ep ta develop the H-bombi As with many oer cent achiewement it's ‘ery muh open to quesion whether nuclear power las acualy do benef human. Does the cheap eleicy outweigh the accumulating wate sn tn of accident? Dr. Teller eon esd of the quinn. {let his emosina involvement wish nuclear power sate nt om 2 dace to "beelt humanity” but fom a pesoad flint he go om wo and fom sing peo praca ws. 49. The same i te of sxe gene. With posible rae exceptions ‘ir mote ener curoey ara date bene humanity tthe ted to go through the poe proceso havea gal acini problem, ‘evo co make a ort (sear ad to ain the oa olaon of be ecb) Since isa suogate cry because scents work mil or ‘he fullimene they pt out of the woe cle 90, OF coun, i not ha smple Other moines do play = lee ny scenes. Money and sats for xa. Some aces my be pes of ‘hetype who havea niaisbe die fr rs Ge paraagh 73) and this ‘may provide much of the modvaton for this work No dou the nao of cen lke the jit ofthe gneal populain, re more elit sueptle to veri and acberngtrchalques tnd need ‘money say thei caving fr goods and series. Thus cence sot 2 PURE saroga acy Buse in age prs nope sey20__The Unahomber Manifesto 91, Aso, sence and technslgy constitute mse power movement, and ‘many scieciss graf thir ned for power through ideneaon wih (hiss moremen Gx paragpb 89). 92. Ts science marches on blindly. witbou regard to the eal were of the human ce of fo any other standard, obedient only eo the choline f the sens and ofthe government ole and ‘xporion cious who provide the fund fr reer ‘THE NATURE OF FREEDOM 98. We ce going o argue that indusiaechooogel acer cannot be ‘efumed in uch way ato prevent & om peopeninelynaowing the ‘phere of human feeder. Bur becate"eedom™ la word that can be Tnerpeed i many wa; we mt Fie make cea wha kindof elon vresteconcened wih 94, By “feedom’ we mean the opporrniy to go shiough the power rece wth el gs, notte alc goal of sop scien, and ‘idhout ieee manipulation or siperviton fom syne, pecially om any ge ogiaon. Freedom means engin coal (ibe aa ‘nid rave member fa SMALL pou of the Heandceth et fone’ extence: fod, clothing shcer and defense aga whatever ‘hres there maybe in one'seviorent Freedom es vig omer tot the power to enaselccher peopl Bor she power contol the ‘Srumsuncs of one own if Oe doc ot ave edo if anyone ee (pei alge oranaton) has power over ons, ao mate how ‘eteokeny, oer and perms tat power ay be xc Kes imporant aot to confuse Reedam with mere permiivenes (et pragaph 72) 95, eid thar wel ina ie sce because weave a eran umber of consiruonl guaranteed sighs. But thea no as imporan hey seem The degre of pesorlfeedom ia exits ina soci deerined pel ert ofthe iy than lowe o is form of government. (16] Most ofthe Indian nation f New England wee monte and many fhe cir ofthe lan Reriatane wee contre by datos. Bat in reading shou hte ote one ge Heaters Indus priel Socieny and Iu Fatare 3b the impresion the the allowed fr ore pron freedom thn out sncey docs In par ths wa ese they Iced een echeiamefor noring the tle’ wile There mere no moder, welhogaized ple Fores, 20 pid lng dance communications a surellance camer ‘daisies of informson about he ve of reas ces Hence wat dae sy evade conto 196, Ae for our connaioal ight conse for expe hat of feeds ofthe pes. We eraily don't mean o kno that right i rey imporan tol for liming concnuation of peli power and fot Keeping tose who do have politcal power in ie by pli expsing 157 mlibchavor on thei pare But eadom othe pres of vey lide ae tothe serge cizn an individ, The on eda ae sory under the conol of large orgateacons that are incgeced into the Sse. [Anyone who har Tile money can have something pried or can Albu icon the Teme oa some sch way, but what he at way wil be swamped by the vst volume of material put aut bythe mei, ence ie wil have mo pscdcal eee To mle an impression on soit ‘wth words is therfore amos impose fo mor invidal ands [poups Take ws (FO for empl IFwe ad ever done anything viene fd had some the presene wenger x pablser they probably ‘would act ve been accepted, I hey bad been secepted and published, ‘hey probly would aohav staazed many ede, bre ino fn tovatch the terainment pout bythe ea han rnd x ber ey von if chee wens had had any cede most af thaw ends woul soon hve orgoten wha hey had ada hc snd were Hooded bythe ‘ut of matrilr which the mein capone thet In de to get cut imesage before the puble wich some chance of making 4 ling Impreion, we've bad fol pope, 97. Consntonal sights ae use up to 2 poi bur hey do noc see vo ipcranee much more than wha ould be eld the urea conception Df feedom, According to the boargeis conception, 2 "Tice man it tsscatlyan element of soci maine sna hae ony erin wet of preiibed and dimized freedoms flo hat ace denged to seve the fees ofthe social machine more than tae ofthe india. Ths the Bourgeois "ee’ man ha economic fecdom becue that promotes tovth and progres he has eed ofthe press eee publi exctsns mibchavio by poll leaders be ba + Hight toa ir ik32_The Unsbember Manifesve ‘case mprimneent athe whim of the powefal would be bad forthe ‘pe. This was ley he aude of Simon Boles, Toby people Aesred libeny only if they wed it wo promote progr (Gragres as ‘oaeied by de boutgen). Other borgir thinks have ake asia ow of fcedom as a mee means to alle ends, Cheer C."Tan “Chinese Polit Though in he Twente Cena" page 202, xplais| the phlospy of che Kuominang ede Hu Hari “An indie tamed rights because hea member of scey tnd his communi ie ‘ole sich sighs. By community Ha meme che whole socery of che tution.” And on page 259, Tar ster hat according to Cas Chang (Chang Cs-mal eadof the State Soda Pry in Chin) feom had ‘o be wedi the reso the mate anf th people ac ale Br wat Kind of fieedam does ope hve if one can at tony someone se prsibe? FC's conception af coe snot tha of Boia a Cheng bc other Bourgeois theorists. The wouble with such thesis i tat hey have made the development and appliestion of soci theave thet surrogate stv. Contequenl the cherie deignd sere the feeds of the thers more ha the meade af ay pple who may be unlucky enough sive in aso an which he hese posed 98. One more pein tobe made in histo: I should no be asumed ‘hac x gesson tas enovgh fedam just heute he SAYS he ha enough Freedom resized in pa by prysholopal cnr of which people ae unconscious, and moreover many peopl’ ideas of what constr fedora goreied more by sacl convention thas byt el end, For ctmple i's likly cat many lee of the overocized pe mould say cha most people incading themselves are oilied to litle rhe ‘han too much, yer che oveaclnd list pays ery poehologie rie fr his igh level focal SOME PRINCIPLES OF HISTORY 99. Think of history as being the sum of two component: a ete ‘omponent ha consi of unpredictable venta follow no dca pcr, and a regular component cat consis of lng sem ite trends Here we at concemed withthe lange sede 100, FIRST PRINCIPLE. If SMALL change i made tha fc ong. "em tril rend chen the feof hat shang wil los aye Be Industrial Society and Itt Furare 33 canstry—the end will oon sever ta oil sate. (Example: A {Glom movemensdeigd to ean yp plc compen in acy fey has snore tha a shorecem ef roner or later the efoumecs ‘dav and cosuptoncceps back in, The er of ple corrpton int {en soi endo rtnin conta, oro hae nly sow withthe ludon ofthe socey: Normal polis eae wil be permanent (pif companied by widerpead oc changes «SMALL change in the (betty won't be enough) [fa amall change na long-term hii end {paso be permanent only Beau the change sts the direction In whic the tend sadly moving, 0 eat he end is oc alee but nlp ep ahead. tt. The fe principle eames» aug fend were not sable ‘vith respect te smal changes, fe would wander at random ster than Following deiite discon in he words it woud aot be a longer seed tall 102. SECOND PRINCIPLE. fa changeit made that safely lege {oar perma longterm arc tend, than wil ter the Jock sta whole In oter words, a soc is ster ia which all pars fie iene, and you cnt permanent change any important pat ‘rout changing al he oer pve awl 183 THIRD PRINCEPLE I gid dt neg © tle permanent longed, he the sonnquens he oie Swine cater be pee in wanes (Ulew varios ber soe fave posed hough the me change ad ve al expend the sme CSnsucncn in which ewe one cn predie om empitel gouns hat Soother soy tom pune hough ese change wl ely 0 ‘pees dlr cnequnees) 104, FOURTH PRINCIPLE. new ind of exe anor be dee on paper. That iyo cnnoe plan oes new form af sory in sae, ‘heneet up and cape ite fron ait wt deigned vo. 105. The hid and fur principles eal fom the compen of man soci A change in harman behvior wil alex the eoaomy Of sce dite pyc esvirnuent dhe ean wl ate he enone 2d ‘eee andthe changes inthe economy and che envtonme wil etM__The Unabomber Manifesto human bebvir in compl, unpredictable ways and 40 forth. The neework of causes and elec ie rt complet to be entangled and odentond 4106, FIFTH PRINCIPLE. People do noe consciously and rationally choot the form of hee eciey. Soierdeelap though press of social elution hart unde ronal human sonal 107. The ts pnp ies conten of he ther. 108, Toate: By the fi nigel speaking an aempe soda re eid son he reson it which oe cys dedong Anya Go tht erly se change th woul ave cecal tore) ree iol as mato otha tyson ip Bick ld groove Yo ake ing henge he deen of devdopmet of nga apes face, ie ad ton eee ds coy em ae Upting ofthe ovevow of geveent) By che sand pipe Telia never anger nly te spc oF trey andy eed ‘lncple changes oct that wee nove expected deed y the ‘evltonr By he eh pine, when tains oe pans ‘up and fan tre wor ot ane 109. The American Reelin doe ot provide cousereample, The Amecican "Revolution" was nat feral nou ete ofthe word be ‘ar of independence followed by» rhe reaching pli rtm, ‘The Founding Fathers did nor chuage the discon of devlopmene of Amsticn sciy, nor dd thy ape todo v0. Tey only feed the developnent of American sci fom the eardng fle of Be ale ‘Their politcal reform did aoe change any base end, bur only pushed Amesian pola clare along is earl detion of deslopment Baki sci, of which American Soir was am offoot, bad been moving for along cme in the dieron of epresctave democracy. And Pio the Wat of ladependence the Arcs wee lady pacing + sSpifean degre ofepremive demic inthe aon semble ‘The poll yer ealhel by the Conseon was need on the Bi sem and once alana semble with majo alten 0 be sore—hete i no dube thatthe Founding Fathers ook» very importa step. Bat i ms «ate along the toad the Eaglah-pesking world was Industriel Seciery and fee future 85 sleay ang The proofs hat Bein and lof colonies dha wee fopulatedpredominanly by people of Beth decene ended up with iyzems of repressive democracy eenially similar wo that of che {ited tater f the Founding Father dln rere and din to Sig the Decantion of Independence, our way of ie eoday would not fave been sigan ferent, Maybe we ould have had somewkse Closer esto Brisin, sod would hve bad 2 Paament and Prine Mines instead of « Congres and Presiden. No big del. Thus the [Amican Revlon prove ots cantreumple aur piper bt 1 god ilaaon of he 110 Sil, 9 hat was common sens in aplying he pails, They {ss cxpred in impress langue that allows ade fer nero, cl ecepon oem ca be fond, So we present hee peices not itvoable ley bata alr of thumb, or guides to thinking hat nay provide spr side eden abou he Fate of ce. The pines hold be borne conan In ind and whenever one ech 2 ‘Scrlasion that confit wit them one sboaldeflyretamine oe thinking sd rain he condtonoaly Fone ha good sold reson fot Aainge INDUSTRIAL-TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY CANNOT BE REFORMED 111. The frepsing principe help to show how hoplely dif c sou Beco eon te intial yer in cach = way 8 prevent i From progresvely narrowing our spre of iedom. Tete ha been a niet tendency going bak at let ro he dus Revolution, or ‘echooogy to steniben the systema high cow in individual edema {nd lel stoaomy Hence any change dagned pote een fom ‘ecology would be contrary to 2 fundamental end inthe devopment Fou elery. Consqueny, such change either would be 2 wanstny ‘Specsnon swamped by te ide of hory—o, lage enough to be Dermancrs, woud ater the naar four whale nce Tis bythe ese {nd second prinpee. Moreover, sac seciety would be altered in ay that could nr be peice in avanee (hed pine there would be ten rik, Change lage eng t snake a ltingdierene i eer of frsedom would oc be ina because e would be ealied that hey ‘woul gavely drop che sem, Soany aes relorm would be too5 __The Unabomber Maniferts timid co be flecie. Even if changer large eng to euke a esting Aiference were inated hey would be razed when ths drupe ffs became apparent. Thus, permanent changin fv offen Gould be Brough about oaly by penne prepared to accept tec, ‘beneficial or at eas thee veld in making he advance wil com tebe ler than sar wich would ren Fm not making ie paagagh2 ber Manifen 127). Propaganda for example i el Sor many good purpssy ach as lscouaging cd abuse or ace hae. [14 Sex ducaon is obviously ‘wef ert fer of sr edcanon (the exten hat i scent te take he hoping of cil ues rom he land pt into Ids fhe sate at erected byte pie sol se, 134 Suppose a biologi ui is scoreed tha incense he ikon har eld wl grow up wo bea crea and suppose some so af gene ‘heapy can remove hse. 29] OF couse mos pares whose chilten ‘poses th eit wl have dem ude che cheap. wold be ahurane {> do others: since the child would prabuiy have a ive be [pew upto bea eiminl But many o tox primi sais havea ew ime ete in comparion with ths of eur sey ere though they have faeither high-ech methods of child-rearing nor rsh sem oF unument. Since cher no retest sppore thet more made mn ‘han pimive men have ante peatory tendencies, the high rie ae Fouts mua be due othe premier thet modem condins Pt on prople to which many cannot o: will noe adjust. Thus a ueatnene ‘Sexiged wo remove potenti criminal tendencies at ean pare yo reengacrng peoples tht they su the rouvenens of heya 155. Our soc nde cour a "Sckne any mode of hough or behave tha is inconvenient for the yen, and thi i publ beause svhen an indvidal docs fi into the sate ie exes pain roche Individal ar well as problens forthe sem. Tus the marpuaion ofan ‘nv tat noche ser ise ats ee Fors ick and ‘herrea good. 156, In paragraph 127 we poined out thar if the we of ne em of techoology f INITIALLY optional, it docs not neccaay REMAIN. ‘opsonal, bers the new ecology eds co change sce in such away dav ie becomes diel or impale for an individual ta fancion swithour using tha ecology. This applies az co the ecology of human behavior. In a ween which mor childen ae pur cough 2 progam omar them eas bout tudyng a pce wil slot be foveal to pur his id snoagh sch program, bette fhe doe ne, chen the kid will gro up 0 be, compeatvelyspedkng, an gnotamus and ‘Gecelore unemploable: Or uppee a biologi teens x cone ‘hay, without undstabeside-ee, wil gen educe the psychsloge 7 ie F Indnsorial Society and Iu Future 39 fom mich so many pope suf in ou oie. lege numbers of [role chose co undergo the trenmen, hen the genea ler! oF ip {oat wil be edaced so tha willbe posible othe ster to inerense the sr produing prsar n c, smething Hk hie secms to bare bppened already with one of our sciey’s nat inpotanepschlogel tne for enabling people reduce (orale temporary ape fom) ‘ss, namely, mass ecerinmen ee ptr 147) Our use of mass eetunment is opionl No aw reuse arto wach levi, lien {othe aio rend mapune. Yer mu ererainment ia eae of ape find suessteducion on which mat of us have become dependent. vejonecomplins abou the tashines of elerion, but almost veryone suche cA few have ticked the TV habit, but would bea ee person Sho could ger slong today without using ANY form of mate oeesinment (et un quite eer in human Bry mae people got long we scly with 0 other enerinene than that which ech lel ‘ommuaity ceed for ile) Witoue the enernment indscy the system probably woald nt have bees ae to gee away wk puting ax uch es producing rosie on ara ites, 157. Asuing the indus aie saves iil that eshnolgy will eennlysequire something approaching complete caneal omer aman behavior. Ie has been exalted beyond any ronal doub hae human thought end behavior have = largely biological bist. Ar caperimenter have deported edings uch a bung glace, anger fd far can be turned 0 and of by cece simalaion of approprte prs of the Bain. Memos an be droped by damaging parts the Erin or they can be Brought o the surface by elecsalsimelaton, Hallucinations canbe induced or moods changed by dag. Thee may oF ‘may not bean immaterial aren sol, bt ce sone len iee power than the bilgi mechanime of human bhai Fri dat snes not the cue chen researchers would aor beable so etl to Imanpulste human feliage and Behavior with drugs snd eect 158.1 presumably would be impractical pope to have else insted in thet heads o that they cul be conta by she suhonie ‘Bur the fcr dae human though and flings ze s oa blogic Invention shows tha the probe: of canalling human behavior it ‘lnly techni probes a problem of neurons, hemes aad completA_The Unabember Manifeite sla te ind of problem thas sel wei tke Gin | the oustanding vcard of our soy in sobving choi problems | cwemigy probe at ge une wl bemedela hes | nanan re : 159, Wl pale eitance pees te innodscon of technlga = f Cond mans oy wd ang oe al Snecma nc Bu Se elgel ona Jnwoduced through 3 long sequence of small advance, thet wil be 9: <4 ‘olan ese pus es Sr gp 1.12159) 160, those who thnk tae al his ound ie science eso, we pose out thar yrrday' enc eo to's The Hdl Revlinn ar diy alered man'scvionmen and way off andi only abe expected char technology inceingly applied tothe man body and ‘mind, man hse wl be alec sadly asks environmen and way oie ave bee, HUMAN RACE AT A CROSSROADS Ae. Beha psd er yt ae cig eine benny ¢ mice of pslg ann scniies cg Siping human bine ute ance eee | ‘lg nos cing pn Tee een ce me Sih ofthe wo. Fo chop, wh te wigs of esi erg doii wo qs inc? ne ya Tepe seo calc esp de cy gh our casio pe We tw cht ayes lt ‘he tehen to buying rand gu ny fo eo ‘jes sem oe la tigi nag hon in coop Sle Thi po a i ecielsdoes lng hema Sekar hs at ote har st ben penny Sl ‘Salinger bn The po ws br yo eth essen ne hw he pe ta pb el | ‘Necess”tehe gving ur oF ng none sted oc ete el ar youh ge clan Swans, Nass ratelevernmentins, lbamen Indnsiyiali Society and In Burere 38 102, The sem ie aren engaged in a depen geet overcome {rin problems tht detent Suva, among which the problems of fuman behivoe ae the mar imporant If the sytem accede in eating sfcen con over human bebe quicely enough wil probeiysurete.Ocherwiae wl bre dawn. We ine he ae wll iy be eed within the nex sve deeds sy 40 0 100 yea 11. Sepp te tem ie the is of ne we dene. By armel wl ae wo bre sed ora ee bout ude cone che Finda problems dat confor it in para that of mange Tiber lg eh malig people ued dale wo that hee shee no loge tress the stem Tat eng ecm i dos tecippe athe would be sy fre bce othe dept of TChtlogy, and fe would prenimably advance coward i loi Connie which cmp ob vesing on Ea, nding mes bbs nd llth imporant eri. The oe may bee { siay, mona orion, or femaybe mote or le agent Ent coni of number of rants conning elnnp ht ‘rds cen ofboth nope and competion, ju wy the fPrenment, the copoins and other ure araaons both {Sapeae and compee with on another. Human Fedor os wl ‘Rvcvanited, ene ind nd al group il be pte ‘lg onsets sme wih soperscnsogy ad tsa of rnced pytlopeand loge tok for muipling bus Sg bee inmrumen of ertlac and pgs econ Only + seal ounber of eopl wl ave my el poe and een hoe probly ‘rl hae only very ried feo, beste i erie 00 wl Be ‘lad jo oy out plc and eorpeaion exces can ‘tin thet psions af power oly lng a eb reains ‘iin erin iy nao ie 164, Don's imagine thatthe msems will sop developing farther techniques for conoling human beings and nature ence he esis ofthe tent ow decades oer ad ncening cone tno lager cea fr ‘Be ystems survival. On the coma, onc the hard mes are over the ‘gnem wil ince ie contol over people and nase more "pid ‘roe wll no lnger be hampered by dias ofthe kind dais ‘esl experiencing Survival notte pineial moti for ending conto. At we explained in paragraphs 67-90, technicians and ciesS6_The Unabomber Manifest cary thee wok rely a scrogae stv ha, hey tthe ‘eed fr power by sting technical prebens, They wil cntnue to dy ‘his with abated ends, and among she mor interag Challeng pobler for them solve wil be cote of undescnding he Ihuman body and mind and latrening in tet development. Fo he “good of humaniy,” Feo 165. Beppo on er land tht hese being eal [ovens ee rm ed ey ‘bea petiod of chaos, a “time of troubles" such as those char history hag ‘one tice int pt pn re var ‘ods asin ofc bean earn Tse pense cherie pene po nua ny 1p mt i fo or os ar siSee Crnne wil mey pop (pe hy ‘Shel wo wil bans pede cote seins” 166, Therefore swe tae conione tote who hte the seve to which the iadaril sem ie educng the uaa ac. F we mus wrk heighten the socal zener within che sytem 40 a to increase the ‘ihood tha wil break daw or be weakened sicily 0 the 3 relucion spi i becomes pole, Second, fs nacey to develop sd propagite an ieclogy that opposes technology and the inde Society td whence rem becomes sufbienty wetened And sch an idealogy wil help 10 assure that, if and when india scey breaks down, is remnants wil be smashed beyond cepa 0 thatthe se cree ese The cori ol be eye el ls HUMAN SUFFERING 167. The induc sytem wil nat break down purty a «ese of revolutionary action. wil not be volaeteble to tevaliionay ace ess cen ital prblems of developmen dio very seaus “ical Sof he ystn bres down dos iter poneaneous, ‘or through a proses that i in par spontaneous but helped slong by ‘evoluionares Ifthe breakdown sue, any people wil di ace the world’s popultion has become wo oveSlown that cannot ne eed ise any longer withou svanced chology. Even if he bresdown Indnserial Society and Int Paere 51 gual enough so thar redaction of the population can occur moze ‘Brougloweting ofthe ich rte dan through eleration of ze death fe the poco of deindarcalan pokably wil be very choc and “ive uch salfcing er ave otk ikl shat ehnology as be wed out in 2 scotly managed erdeey way especialy since the Fechnopies wil gh born at every sep. I therefore eral vo ‘wok forthe breed of he em? Maybe, bar maybe ot a the Bis ibs rvolusinarie wil not be ale oak the sytem down nei Elendy ia desp ouble wo that thee would be t good chance of is rently breking down by isl anyway andthe bigge che tem the more dnsrou the consguencs of ts reakeown wl bet they bed revelusonars, by hanening the onze ofthe besa, wll (ereocing th extent he der, 16, In the second place, one hat o balance de seule and each agai ‘helo of freedom and ign To many of weed and dignity ze ‘tore impornt than slong feo idan of physi psn. Biden we [ave fo die some ie, nd # may be beer di Biting or our, ‘cf ae dan oie long bat py a purposes ie 168 In he hed place, isnt atl ein that he sural ofthese sw lead es suring than the breakdown ofthe spre would. The ‘tem a sendy eau, and conning wo cause immense sulle al ‘rere wr. Ancien skate, sha for hundred of eae gee people 2 ‘aiicrory elaonchip wich cach other an hi einen, hae Ben ‘arene by cone wih nds sce, and th sl has ben a whle ‘logue af economic erironmental, sail and pychologil ‘One ofthe effec ofthe inca ficial oy ha een that oer ‘uch of ce wold dione contls on population have been shown fut of bales Hence the popelavon explain, wi hati ip. “Then there ete pycholopie sullng thar widespread throughout the mipoedly Fortanatecoutrir fthe Wer oe parnap $4, 451-No onc knows what wil happen at est of tone depletion the renbouse ‘ect and ther cvionmenal problema thar anon yee orn. Any Ss racer polieaion has horn, ew technology cannot be ep ost of ‘hetands of dicaton aod ieponble Thi World ato, Would you le to speculate abou what tag or North Korea will do with gece cngneeing?S8___The Unabomber Manifes 170. "Ot say the echnopie, “Sciences going to fe al had We wl conquer faring, eliminate prchologie! suring, make everybody [ea and apy ea, sue, Tha wa thy eid 200 yeas ago, Th Indust Revlon war sppored to ciminste pore, mk rey happy. ee. The acual esl as bees que difirit The chop =e opel save (or selecting) in their understanding of social problems: They ate unsreof (or choose to ignoe the fc that when Ege change, ven ecmingy bene ones ste inode nt acy, shay lead oa log sequence of ehe changes, mow of which ar impoue © pee (paragraph 103). Therese dvuption ofthe woe Sie ‘xy probable ha in thei aempe co end poverty and dae, engines doce happy peanais and mo fort he echopies wl eet sca ‘ystems hare ely rouble, even moreso chan he presen one Foe ‘eal, the scents boat that they end fame by eating new, genetically enginered food plane. Buc this will allow she bumas Population to keep expanding indent, andi x well knoe tht ‘crowding lads to increased ses and aggesion. This ie merely one ‘example of the PREDICTABLE problems that will aoe. We emphatic ‘hat pst epeience bar shown, rechical progres wil edo other fnew problems for socey fr ene capily than as been solving old ‘nes, Ths wl ake slong dificale poring of il andere fr he techoopiles 0 work the bugs au of hs Bae New Woe thy eet 1) Ta the meanine chee wl egret sting 0 ites atl deat tha he muri of indus sociey would iva les safesing th the Iyedkdown ofthe sory wold. Technology hi gota the man ce inc a ficom which hte alike beany ey pe, ‘THE FUTURE 171 Bar suppose now that indus soir doer uve he net ee secdes ad tha the bag do evenly ge worked out ofthe see 9 thar i finctionsseothly. What kindof ayer wil be? We wl Consider eral poses 172, Fis ee us postulate tha che computer scieasnssuceed in developing icteligene machines tat can do sl things be ha bua teagan do thm In that cae prenatal wrk wil be done by as ighly organized systems of machines and ao human efor will be rnecesiy. Either of ewo cases might ear. The machines might be Industriel Socieny and Is Furure 9 ermine ro make al of hc own decison withour human oversight ‘elma conor the machines might be tied. 173. I he machine are permed o sake allthis own dons, we cas make ny conjecture arto he el Beate impel to gas low sich machines might Bebve. We ony pone ou hat the Be of he Juan nice would beat the mercy of he machines Imig be apd hat the human ize woald never be lsh nought band oer il the power tothe machines But were sggeing neither chat the human re would ‘lnc rn power ovr the machines morta he machines would ‘wily seize power. Wh we do sugges i hath human re ight ‘aly pert lft di int «postion of sch dependene om the machines thc i woud aye no pacal choice bu to acetal ofthe ‘thine’ dekons. As soci an the problems hat fac become more nd mote complex and machines become more and more inclign, people wl er machine make ore of thee desison fo ther, imply reuse michine-ade decine wil bring See evs Gan ranma one. ventas age maybe reheat which the eons neces ep the stem rnaog wl be a complex tar huran beige wil be incapable of making dem ieligendy. AX tha tage the machines wil be in fev cane: Feple won't e sl oj ur the aches of, because the wil es dependent om them tha tuning them off would ‘moun nici 174, On the oer hand iti pone has human onl oer he uchinet sma be tesa In hac ee the average man may hve contol over cen prae machines af his own, sud a ico i personal comptes, bat ‘onto over large sem of machines willbe be bande of ny lite Jassie ody, but wih ve difirencr, Duco improved eh the Cle wl ave peter conel over the mae and bene nan wove vil o longer be ecomy se mae willbe sypertous, ues burden a the seem. Ithe ete issu hey may simply desde to eealate ‘he mas of humaniy If hey ate busta they may wo propaganda ot shee pycholgil ot biclogal echniqus to tedce the bid xe wl the mas of humic becomes xine levig the weld othe eae Or if the le const of sofearted eral they may decide pay thee oF tad shepherds tothe ret of che human cae. They wil ser chat ‘eryones pyc neds are said thar all hile ze aed under peytoloicalyhypeic conditions, tht everyone haa whore aby