Brian reads...

 

 
- The Unabomber Manifesto -
aka 'Industrial Society and Its Future' by Ted Kaczynski.

This project, of reading, recording and uploading The Manifesto, spanned a number of weeks and is available in the following eight parts (on Rumble*):

Part I (23:07)
00:00 Editor's Note
01:40 Introduction (1-5)
06:10 The Psychology of Modern Leftism (6-9)
09:25 Feelings of Inferiority (10-23)

 

Part II (20:46)
00:00 Oversocialization (24-32)
11:10 The Power Process (33-37)
14:04 Surrogate Activities (38-41)

 

Part III (31:00)
00:00 Autonomy (42-44)
02:42 Sources of Social Problems (45-58)
13:39 Disruption of the Power Process in Modern Society (59-79)

 

Part IV (32:24)
00:00 How Some People Adjust (77-86)
09:58 The Motives of Scientists (87-92)
15:44 The Nature of Freedom (93-98)
23:51 Some Principles of History (99-110)

 

Part V (31:46)
00:00 Industrial-Technological Society Cannot Be Reformed (111-113)
03:16 Restriction of Freedom Is Unavoidable In Industrial Society (114-120)
13:16 The 'Bad' Parts Of Technology Cannot Be Separated From The 'Good' Parts (121-124)
17:37 Technology Is A More Powerful Social Force Than The Aspiration For Freedom (125-135)

 

Part VI (27:35)
00:00 Simpler Social Problems Have Proved Intractable (136-139)
04:09 Revolution is Easier than Reform (140-142)
07:26 Control of Human Behavior (143-160)

 

Part VII (50:29)
00:00 Human Race at a Crossroads (161-166)
06:52 Human Suffering (167-170)
13:12 The Future (171-179)
24:13 Strategy (180-206)

 

Part VIII (26:34)
00:00 Two Kinds of Technology (207-212)
05:26 The Danger of Leftism (213-230)
24:12 Final Note (231-232)

*These were originally uploaded to Youtube in 2021 but this resulted in my channel being taken down in December 2023.

 

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