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> The industrial revolution and all of its consequences may not have been exclusively a disaster for the human race for those unaware, this is based from the f
by devmunchies 6y ago
> The industrial revolution and all of its consequences may not have been exclusively a disaster for the human race
for those unaware, this is based from the first line from Ted Kaczynski's "Unabomber Manifesto", which starts with "The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race".
It's actually an interesting read, that is... as long as you don't feel hostility towards rebelious literature: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/unabomber/manifesto.text.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/unab...
- ShamelessC 6y agoOh, wow. Starts off fairly innocent then comes in with this craziness - "Many leftists have an intense identification with the problems of groups that have an image of being weak (women), defeated (American Indians), repellent (homosexuals) or otherwise inferior. The leftists themselves feel that these groups are inferior. They would never admit to themselves that they have such feelings, but it is precisely because they do see these groups as inferior that they identify with their problems. (We do not mean to suggest that women, Indians, etc. ARE inferior; we are only making a point about leftist psychology.)"
- krapp 6y agoThat pathological contempt for "the left" is how you know you're dealing with a work of true intellectual gravity.
- devmunchies 6y agoThere's lots of geniuses who are a little crazy or unhinged. e.g. bobby fischer
- pvg 6y agoHe was a raging anti-semite, holocaust denier, etc.
- devmunchies 6y agoagain, "geniuses who are a little crazy or unhinged".
- pvg 6y agoBigotry is just bigotry not a quirky trait of genius, as much as a one-time chess champion is a 'genius'.
- devmunchies 6y agoyeah, read around that stuff. most important are the bits related to tech.