One prophet worth mentioning is Ted Kaczynski. Although his methods were obviously horrible and he was too extreme in some ways, his thoughts were brilliant and highly predictive of our situation today. In summary he felt, back in the mid 1990s, that technology would steal from us many of the features that make us human and that make us …
One prophet worth mentioning is Ted Kaczynski. Although his methods were obviously horrible and he was too extreme in some ways, his thoughts were brilliant and highly predictive of our situation today. In summary he felt, back in the mid 1990s, that technology would steal from us many of the features that make us human and that make us happy and satisfied with our lives and that it would become self-propagating - like an unstoppable train speeding faster and faster down a steeper and steeper hill. His analysis of what is important to humans and social dynamics, including revolutionary movements, are insightful and well worth reading.
One prophet worth mentioning is Ted Kaczynski. Although his methods were obviously horrible and he was too extreme in some ways, his thoughts were brilliant and highly predictive of our situation today. In summary he felt, back in the mid 1990s, that technology would steal from us many of the features that make us human and that make us happy and satisfied with our lives and that it would become self-propagating - like an unstoppable train speeding faster and faster down a steeper and steeper hill. His analysis of what is important to humans and social dynamics, including revolutionary movements, are insightful and well worth reading.