Carolina QuotesAs technology progresses and globalization grows more pervasive, the world-system becomes ever more complex and more tightly coupled, so that a catastrophic breakdown has to be expected sooner or later.
Ted Kaczynski Connected to the Carolinas
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p. 49
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- Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How (2015)
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- 2015
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- p. 49
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