Carolina QuotesIf the system breaks down the consequences will still be very painful. But the bigger the system grows the more disastrous the results of its breakdown will be, so if it is to break down it had best break down sooner rather than later.
Ted Kaczynski Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"Introduction", paragraph 3
- work
- Industrial Society and Its Future (1995)
- year
- 1995
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