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Commented on Kevin Kelly: "The Unabomber Was Right"
#88 FLYING MONKEY; You don't need a laughable cover to throw mud at me. Be a true monkey and do it anyway. What is plan to the predator is conspiracy to the prey. A good conspiracy is covered by weaker...
Commented on Kevin Kelly: "The Unabomber Was Right"
When looked at a very macro scale it is a natural part of the machine, you are right. The conspiratorial angle comes in with the increased awareness of humans in designing systems of oppression and passing them onto the next...
Commented on Kevin Kelly: "The Unabomber Was Right"
Galileo is enough to demonstrate the deep history. The church burnt many at stake. One of Hitler and Stalin's first acts was the arrest and murder of intellectuals and scientists. The modern examples are many, from the harassment and murder...
Commented on Kevin Kelly: "The Unabomber Was Right"
I think the reason for the passionate commenting is the sensitivity of the topic and the apparent insensitivity of Kevin and Mark. It is well known that the regressive sections of the establishment have been too keen to oppress scientists...
Commented on Kevin Kelly: "The Unabomber Was Right"
#80 BUDDY66; Many people have identified "technology as a dynamic holistic system" before and after Ted Kaczynski. It is very wrong to address this concept by identifying it with a murderer of scientists and calling the piece "The Unabomber Was...

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buddy66 commented on Kevin Kelly: "The Unabomber Was Right"
Ah, systemic! Sure. The inherent madness of civilizations. Interesting take, calling the inevitable ruthlessness of class warfare a ''conspiracy.'' But I would say it's no more conspiratorial than the crocodile's jaws. You do know that TK was an MKULTRA subject, don't you?...
Flying_Monkey commented on Kevin Kelly: "The Unabomber Was Right"
@79 Buddy - oops! Not clever at all, just poor spelling. I noticed that you can't edit your posts here (unlike most forums) - I guess that means I will have to be more careful to avoid the attentions of the spelling gestapo*. I notice the conspiracy nutters have arrived now, so probably time to wrap this one up... *universal disclaimer: this statement or variations thereof in no way implies an accusation of actual national socialist tendencies either past, present or future ;)...
tonyv414 commented on Kevin Kelly: "The Unabomber Was Right"
Recall that, at one time, the stone axe, arrowpoint, and spear were the height of technology. Ditto the shovel and plow. ( one might argue that these crude instruments were quite important for human evolution and subsistence) And then of course, the art of language communication and the pencil and paper (or typewriter?) which Ted used to convey his "Manifesto" were also results of technological advancement. Finally, Ted's methods of letter bombing and such were inherently technological. So it seems that Humanity (as well as Ted himself), are and always were inestricably linked to technological evolution and hence, the entire...
buddy66 commented on Kevin Kelly: "The Unabomber Was Right"
"...the entire argument self-destructs in a completely self-referential vaporization of verbal feces. Too much *shit* on this thread. I'm outta here....
Takuan commented on Kevin Kelly: "The Unabomber Was Right"
the more I see, the more Ted makes sense....

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