Carolina QuotesA further reason why industrial society cannot be reformed in favor of freedom is that modern technology is a unified system in which all parts are dependent on one another. You can’t get rid of the "bad" parts of technology and retain only the "good" parts.
Ted Kaczynski Connected to the Carolinas
Source
The ‘Bad’ Parts of Technology Cannot Be Separated From the ‘Good’ Parts, paragraph 121
- work
- Industrial Society and Its Future (1995)
- year
- 1995
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