Episode 709 • • 1:48:12 - 1:51:22
709: Terror Factory
Ted Kaczynski, Unabomber Manifesto and Technology
The writings of Theodore Kaczynski, specifically "Industrial Society and its Future" and a 1971 essay, are analyzed for their predictions on technology and society. Kaczynski argued that mass entertainment would replace spontaneous activity and that educational psychology would be used for "creative non-conformity" to engineer socially desirable behaviors. He also foresaw a future where humans are as psychologically dependent on technology as they are physically.