Manifold Episode #7 -- David Skrbina on Ted Kaczynski, Technological Slavery, and the Future of Our Species

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David Skrbina is a philosopher at the University of Michigan. He and Ted Kaczynski published the book Technological Slavery, which elaborates on the Unabomber manifesto and contains about 100 pages of correspondence between the two which took place over almost a decade. Skrbina discusses his and Kaczynski's views on deep problems of technological society, and whether violent opposition to it is justified.

David Skrbina's Featured Publications
https://www.davidskrbina.com/

Photos of Ted Kacynski
http://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/kaczynski-photos-3.htm

David Skrbina, Pen Pal of the Unabomber, on Ted Kaczynski's Philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dQd7d3XxkA

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http://www.sebastianjunger.com/tribe-by-sebastian-junger

Joe Rogan Experience #975 - Sebastian Junger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4KiOECVGLg


man·i·fold /ˈmanəˌfōld/ many and various.

In mathematics, a manifold is a topological space that locally resembles Euclidean space near each point.

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