Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How

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by  Theodore John Kaczynski

ANTI-TECH REVOLUTION:
WHY AND HOW

ANTI-TECH REVOLUTION:
WHY AND HOW
THEODORE JOHN KACZYNSKI
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1. Technology-Social aspects. 2. Technology and
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Were there but an Adam and an Eve left in every continent,
and left free, it would be better than it now is.
-Thomas Jefferson

CONTENTS
Epigraph .......................................................... v
The epigraph is from Jefferson's letter to William Short, January 1793,
quoted by David McCullough,JohnAdams, Simon & Schuster, New York,
2002, p. 438.
Preface ........................................................... 1
Chapter One. The Development of a Society Can Never Be Subject to
Rational Human Control
Part I ............................................................ 7
Part II .......................................................... 13
Part III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 17
Part IV .......................................................... 28
Part V ........................................................... 29
Part VI .......................................................... 31
Notes ........................................................... 34
Chapter Two. Why the Technological System Will Destroy Itself
Part I ........................................................... 41
Part II .......................................................... 42
Part IlL .. ....................................................... 56
Part IV .......................................................... 58
Part V ........................................................... 68
Notes ........................................................... 75
Chapter Three. How to Transform a Society: Errors to Avoid
Part I ........................................................... 89
Part II .......................................................... 92
Part III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 100
Part IV ......................................................... 119
Notes .......................................................... 125
Chapter Four. Strategic Guidelines for an Anti-Tech Movement
Section 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 135
Section 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 136
Section 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 136
vii
viii CONTENTS
Section 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 137
Section 5 ....................................................... 138
Section 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 138
Section 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 139
Section 8 ....................................................... 142
Section 9 ....................................................... 143
Section 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 145
Section 11 ...................................................... 148
Section 12 ...................................................... 149
Section 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 153
Section 14 ...................................................... 154
Section 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 154
Section 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 155
Section 17 ...................................................... 155
Section 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 156
Section 19 ...................................................... 158
Section 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 159
Section 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 161
Section 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 162
Section 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 166
Section 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 166
Section 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 167
Section 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 168
Section 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 169
Section 28 ...................................................... 170
Section 29 ...................................................... 171
Section 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 174
Notes .......................................................... 176
Appendix One. In Support of Chapter One
Part A .......................................................... 187
Part B .......................................................... 187
Part C .......................................................... 189
Part D ......................................................... 191
Notes .......................................................... 192
Appendix Two. In Support of Chapter Two
Part A .......................................................... 193
PartB .......................................................... 195
Part C .......................................................... 196