The industrial society and its future, by: Ted Kaczynski

Publishing this famous statement called "The Bombing Universities and Planes Statement" in American newspapers was the only way to stop a series of bombing operations targeting postal and air transport companies and universities in the United States, which continued for about sixteen years and resulted in dozens of casualties between dead and injured, and the mastermind and executor of these bombings was none other than Ted Kaczynski, the author of this statement. Here, we face a complex debate: is it appropriate to translate and publish ideas received through actions that led to the killing of innocent people? We, of course, reject and condemn any kind of violence directed at innocents, but we believe that the safest solution to dealing with any idea is to confront it, not to run away from it and erase it. Our greatest concern remains to try to understand what Ted Kaczynski saw in this system he called "the industrial society" that triggered this extreme reaction in him. Is it possible that his ideas are valid if we remove the criminal aspect he linked to them? I mean, if we read these ideas objectively, would we agree with them or reject them? Many questions and dilemmas face us as we navigate through the pages of this book. This statement is a space for dialogue, exchange of ideas, and posing basic questions for doubt and inquiry. Number of pages: 157