One of the greatest books ever written. It's amazing how much he got right as the growing grasp of technology chokes our souls to death. What a brilliant mind. If only he went the route of St. Seraphim Rose instead of turning to bombs.
“The conservatives are fools: They whine about the decay of traditional values, yet they enthusiastically support technological progress and economic growth. Apparently it never occurs to them that you can't make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and the economy of a society without causing rapid changes in all other aspects of the society as well, and that such rapid changes inevitably break down traditional values.”
"“73. ...There is no law that says we have to go to work every day and follow our employer’s orders. Legally there is nothing to prevent us from going to live in the wild like primitive people or from going into business for ourselves. But in practice there is very little wild country left, and there is room in the economy for only a limited number of small business owners. Hence most of us can survive only as someone else’s employee.”
"The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race."
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