Technological Slavery - Reading #6

<p>Technological Slavery PDF:<br><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/yrb2e1njc4yae8d/kaczynski-tech-slavery.pdf?dl=0">https://www.dropbox.com/s/yrb2e1njc4yae8d/kaczynski-tech-slavery.pdf?dl=0</a><br>Transcript:<br><a href="https://app.podscribe.ai/episode/58495097">https://app.podscribe.ai/episode/58495097</a><br>Speaker 0 (0s): &lt;inaudible&gt; Technological, Slavery the writings of the Unabomber. Number six, here we go. You know, the drill Technology is a more powerful social force than the aspiration for freedom. What do you guys think? Yes, no, maybe. So. Let's see what Ted Kaczynski thinks it is not possible to make a lasting compromise between technology and freedom because technology is by far the more powerful social force and continually encroaches on freedom through repeated compromises. </p><p>Imagine the case of two neighbors, each of whom at the outset owns the same amount of land, but one of whom is more powerful than the other. The powerful one demands, a piece of the other's land. The weak one refuses. The powerful one says, okay, let's compromise. Give me half of what I asked the weak one has little choice, but to give in sometime later the powerful neighbor demands another piece of land. </p><p>Again, there was a compromise and so forth by forcing a long series of compromises on the weaker man. The powerful one eventually gets all of his land. So it goes in the conflict between Technology and freedom. Let us explain why technology is more powerful, social force than the aspiration for freedom. A technological advance that appears not to threaten freedom. </p><p>Often turns out to threaten it very seriously. Later on, for example, consider a motorized transport. A walking man, formerly could go where he pleased go at his own pace without observing any traffic regulations and was independent of Technological support systems. When motor vehicles were introduced, they appeared to increase mans freedom. </p><p>They took know freedom away from the walking men. No one has to have an automobile