/lit/ - Literature

>>21697017
>Because most surface deposits of oil and coal are used up and highly specialized equipment is required to extract the deep resources that were essential for starting the first industrial revolution, it is highly unlikely that industrialism will be able to start again.
This. Also people ignore the imminent impact of pollution/climate on food production. We are heading to collapse and that's why it's possible to avert the course of it before the system unleashes geoengineering (see appendix 4 to ATRWH)

>>21696951
>I suggest you read anti-tech revolution which addresses your points and some errors and shortcomings of the manifesto. The works of kaczynski are constantly evolving as he keeps working in prison and is open to communication and new evidence. If you see a glaring error in the manifesto then write him a letter.
Thing is, the points of Kaczynski are very clear in ISaiF and ATRWH, the problem is that techie midwits have a terrible bias that doesn't allow them to see it.
Yes, the writing is all over the place and he wastes too much energy in redundant arguments, but once you've read, you can summarize it crystal clear.

>>21697071
>It is not paradoxical because what he means by unable to reverse it is that we can’t regress to a point in the technological timeline that is an ok compromise and keep it under control.
Recently I've been scrolling through Greta Thunberg's "The Climates Book" (cringe, I know, but bear with me). The difference between Kaczynski and these "environmentalists" is that the latter think we can build degrowth through political action as Ted K is utmost pessimist since he realized the system cannot be controlled by human action m, it will keep running business as usual (see ATRWH chapter 1)
In fact, you can see that the articles Greta selected are actually in line with TK's concerns (the problem of depending on things in which the dependency is "artificial" e.g. cars are only necessary because cities were built to accommodate cars, Greta recognizes Renewables is not the answer and unlike the climate mogul Bill Gates, she is pessimistic about geoengineering just like TK)
Since we can't direct the system to the path we wanna take, the only option is to destroy it.
>>21697325
>He also doesn't mention the fact that Brazil requires the importation of a lot of products of industrialism and petrochemicals.
Without modern fertilizers, the prosperous Brazilian agriculture will collapse. Without them, the only things that will be growing in the Cerrado region of Brazil (where most agriculture is) are guava trees and castor beans.

>>21681378
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