Crowding, rapid change and the breakdown of communities have been widely recognized as sources of social problems. But we do not believe they are enough to account for the extent of the problems that are seen today. — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
If 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… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
But what first motivated me wasn't anything I read. I just got mad seeing the machines ripping up the woods and so forth... — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share
Imagine a society that subjects people to conditions that make them terribly unhappy then gives them the drugs to take away their unhappiness. Science… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share
Constitutional rights are useful up to a point, but they do not serve to guarantee much more than what could be called the bourgeois… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share
No, what worries me is that I might in a sense adapt to this environment and come to be comfortable here and not resent… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share
It is not possible to make a LASTING compromise between technology and freedom, because technology is by far the more powerful social force and… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share
In modern industrial society only minimal effort is necessary to satisfy one's physical needs. — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share
My occupation is an open question. I was once an assistant professor of mathematics. Since then, I have spent time living in the woods… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share
Some people have low susceptibility to advertising and marketing techniques. These are the people who aren't interested in money. Material acquisition does not serve… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share
We are not supposed to hate anyone, yet almost everyone hates somebody at some time or other, whether he admits it to himself or… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share
Crowding, rapid change and the breakdown of communities have been widely recognized as sources of social problems. But we do not believe they are… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share
Art forms that appeal to [leftists] tend to focus on ... defeat and despair ... as if there were no hope of accomplishing anything… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share
The industrial-technological system may survive or it may break down. If it survives, it MAY eventually achieve a low level of physical and psychological… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share
The concept of "mental health" in our society is defined largely by the extent to which an individual behaves in accord with the needs… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share
