A lot of people will probably dismiss this due to it being written by a domestic terrorist, but Ted Kaczynski’s book Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How is worth reading. He goes into detail on why he thinks the technological system will destroy itself, and why he thinks it’s impossible for society to be subject to rational control. He goes into detail on the nature of chaotic systems and self-propagating systems, and he heavily criticizes individuals like Ray Kurzweil. Robin Hanson critiqued Kaczynski’s collapse theory a few years ago on Overcoming Bias. It’s an interesting read if nothing else, and has some interesting arguments.
A lot of people will probably dismiss this due to it being written by a domestic terrorist, but Ted Kaczynski’s book Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How is worth reading. He goes into detail on why he thinks the technological system will destroy itself, and why he thinks it’s impossible for society to be subject to rational control. He goes into detail on the nature of chaotic systems and self-propagating systems, and he heavily criticizes individuals like Ray Kurzweil. Robin Hanson critiqued Kaczynski’s collapse theory a few years ago on Overcoming Bias. It’s an interesting read if nothing else, and has some interesting arguments.