Carolina QuotesIn modern industrial society only minimal effort is necessary to satisfy one's physical needs.
Ted Kaczynski Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"Surrogate Activities", paragraph 40
- work
- Industrial Society and Its Future (1995)
- year
- 1995
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