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https://apnews.com/article/ted-kaczynski-unabomber-dies-federal-prison-95fdd4f398fbfe20aaadf5d53a91dc26

in honor of uncle ted i propose we read one of 3 books:

Industrial society and its future
https://ia802600.us.archive.org/35/items/the-ted-k-archive-texts-backup-april-2023/i/is/industrial-society-and-its-future.pdf
his manifesto, relatively short at 87 pages in this pdf

(sections of?) technological slavery
https://ia800300.us.archive.org/21/items/tk-Technological-Slavery/tk-Technological-Slavery.pdf
a more fully fleshed out book of his ideas, contains isaif, this pdf is 431 pages including extras like intro, toc, copyright

anti-tech revolution: why and how
https://ia802206.us.archive.org/26/items/theodore-john-kaczynski-anti-tech-revolution-why-and-how/Theodore%20John%20Kaczynski%20-%20Anti-Tech%20Revolution%20-%20Why%20and%20How.pdf
title pretty self-explanatory, 250 pages in this pdf including extras.

the books vary greatly in length so we should set the pace after choosing which to read. from what ive seen quite a few terminally online people in niche communities (including me) have read isaif so maybe it would be optional supplimental reading but it could always be revisited.
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That's a good idea. I too have read isaif and I'd be interested in reading more.
If we're looking for a short read, Ted's Ship of Fools is also pretty good.
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I haven't read that one yet so it could be interesting to read. I have started Anti-tech revolution so it'll be interesting to finish that and continue to read more material from him to discuss in the book club.
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I''d be down for people to read anti-tech and i just read isaif and join the discussion

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if its as referential as sim says then i dont think we should read it as a casual book club. ive been procrastinating looking for info on the content of essays but the anarchist library has a bunch that we could pick from. id reccomend "the system's neatest trick" (the only one ive read) but i would also be interested in something themed, like essays on violence (he has a couple with titles promoting it and one on timothy mcveigh) or maybe notable letters to and coments on other movements.
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>"the system's neatest trick"
Ah that's an excellent recommendation.

> like essays on violence
Can you recommend one of them?
Perhaps we could include the above two with his "Ship of fools" short story and they'd make for a nice read.
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havent read any of them but "in defense of violence", "when non-violence is suicide" and "ted kaczynski's comments on timothy mcveigh" all sound violence related. i think it might be interesting especially with the first one not just to read his views on violence after he used it for publicity, but also since i assume he wrote them while in prison and advocating violence usually means letters dont get sent.
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>if its as referential as sim says then i dont think we should read it as a casual book club.
It is very readable, it's just a bit big and some people might not be able to finish it. We could break it up but I'd think we should include at least ~30% (let's say until paragraph 86) of it.
I think that isaif is better in terms of quality than the essays.
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