“The truth is that many of the qualities we admire in human beings can only function in opposition to some kind of disaster, pain, or difficulty; but the tendency of mechanical progress is to eliminate disaster, pain, and difficulty” 

—George “Fuck Technology” Orwell

What’s your gut reaction?

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- yes, people are the best versions of themselves in these conditions 
- yes, the technology wants to eliminate them
- but instead it causes a whole lot of side effects that promote them

it's our sisyphean pursuit to solve problems and create more in the process

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lol not sure the intent of the comment but eco terrorism doesn’t feel like the stable equilibrium

bro read his white paper. He had it all figured out

Totally unserious, and I agree. I don't think we as a species get to choose progress or not.

Actually, I don't think we as a species get to choose much of anything at all.

Not sure if serious, but for anyone wondering my take on the Unabomber’s manifesto is that it reads like a slightly deep fried 4chan fever dream, invents imaginary enemies to stack false equivalencies, and is 25K words too long

(but tbf it does show that the more angry people change the more they stay the same)