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Human Suffering 167. The industrial system will not break down purely as a result of revolutionary action. It will not be vulnerable to revolutionary attack unless its own internal problems of development lead it into very serious difficulties. So if the system breaks down it will do so either...

Human Race at a Crossroads 161. But we have gotten ahead of our story. It is one thing to develop in the laboratory a series of psychological or biological techniques for manipulating human behavior and quite another to integrate these techniques into a functioning social system. The latter...

Control of Human Behavior 143. Since the beginning of civilization, organized societies have had to put pressures on human beings for the sake of the functioning of the social organism. The kinds of pressures vary greatly from one society to another. Some of the pressures are physical (poor...

Revolution is Easier than Reform 140. We hope we have convinced the reader that the system cannot be reformed in such a way as to reconcile freedom with technology. The only way out is to dispense with the industrialtechnological system altogether. This implies revolution, not necessarily an...

Simpler Social Problems Have Proved Intractable 136. If anyone still imagines that it would be possible to reform the system in such a way as to protect freedom from technology, let him consider how clumsily and for the most part unsuccessfully our society has dealt with other social problems...

Technology is a More Powerful Social Force than the Aspiration for Freedom 125. It is not possible to make a LASTING compromise between technology and freedom, because technology is by far the more powerful social force and continually encroaches on freedom through REPEATED compromises. Imagine...

The ”Bad” Parts of Technology Cannot Be Separated from the ”Good” Parts 121. A further reason why industrial society cannot be reformed in favor of freedom is that modern technology is a unified system in which all parts are dependent on one another. You can’t get rid of the ”bad” parts of...

Restriction of Freedom is Unavoidable in Industrial Society 114. As explained in paragraphs 65-67, 70-73, modern man is strapped down by a network of rules and regulations, and his fate depends on the actions of persons remote from him whose decisions he cannot influence. This is not accidental...

Industrial-Technological Society Cannot Be Reformed 111. The foregoing principles help to show how hopelessly difficult it would be to reform the industrial system in such a way as to prevent it from progressively narrowing our sphere of freedom. There has been a consistent tendency, going back...

Some Principles of History 99. Think of history as being the sum of two components: an erratic component that consists of unpredictable events that follow no discernible pattern, and a regular component that consists of long-term historical trends. Here we are concerned with the long-term...

The Nature of Freedom 93. We are going to argue that industrial-technological society cannot be reformed in such a way as to prevent it from progressively narrowing the sphere of human freedom. But because ”freedom” is a word that can be interpreted in many ways, we must first make clear what...

The Motives of Scientists 87. Science and technology provide the most important examples of surrogate activities. Some scientists claim that they are motivated by ”curiosity” or by a desire to ”benefit humanity.” But it is easy to see that neither of these can be the principal motive of most...

How Some People Adjust 77. Not everyone in industrial-technological society suffers from psychological problems. Some people even profess to be quite satisfied with society as it is. We now discuss some of the reasons why people differ so greatly in their response to modern society. 18 78...

Disruption of the Power Process in Modern Society 59. We divide human drives into three groups: (1) those drives that can be satisfied with minimal effort; (2) those that can be satisfied but only at the cost of serious effort; (3) those that cannot be adequately satisfied no matter how much...

Sources of Social Problems 45. Any of the foregoing symptoms can occur in any society, but in modern industrial society they are present on a massive scale. We aren’t the first to mention that the world today seems to be going crazy. This sort of thing is not normal for human societies. There...

Autonomy 42. Autonomy as a part of the power process may not be necessary for every individual. But most people need a greater or lesser degree of autonomy in working toward their goals. Their efforts must be undertaken on their own initiative and must be under their own direction and control...

Surrogate Activities 38. But not every leisured aristocrat becomes bored and demoralized. For example, the emperor Hirohito, instead of sinking into decadent hedonism, devoted himself to marine biology, a field in which he became distinguished. When people do not have to exert themselves to...

The Power Process 33. Human beings have a need (probably based in biology) for something that we will call the power process. This is closely related to the need for power (which is widely recognized) but is not quite the same thing. The power process has four elements. The three most clear-cut...

Oversocialization 24. Psychologists use the term ”socialization” to designate the process by which children are trained to think and act as society demands. A person is said to be well socialized if he believes in and obeys the moral code of his society and fits in well as a functioning part of...

Feelings of Inferiority 10. By ”feelings of inferiority” we mean not only inferiority feelings in the strict sense but a whole spectrum of related traits: low self-esteem, feelings of powerlessness, depressive tendencies, defeatism, guilt, self-hatred, etc. We argue that modern leftists tend to...

The Psychology of Modern Leftism 6. Almost everyone will agree that we live in a deeply troubled society. One of the most widespread manifestations of the craziness of our world is leftism, so a discussion of the psychology of leftism can serve as an introduction to the discussion of the...

Introduction 1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life expectancy of those of us who live in ”advanced” countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings...

A piercing hum echoed in the ears of Iktlli Johaneson. His world was nothing but spinning delirium. As he slowly regained consciousness, the gravity of his situation sunk in. All around him was the rubble of the Tlaakatlanders Capitol, littered all along the premises of the Government campus. A...

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It was an overcast, foggy day in Tlaakatlandkaali, an odd sight in the capital of the Confederation of Tlaakanders. The city, itself nestled along the lakes of the island Zacatl, while large, sprawling, and often reeking of raw sewage, was normally a sun kissed paradise. A beautiful capital for...

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To: The Representatives to the Iterian League From: Itskaatl Aatli, Representative from the Confederation of Tlaakatlanders Thank you for your invitation. On behalf of the Confederation of Tlaakatlanders, we graciously accept our invitation to the Iterian League and officially petition for...

3:01 AM, At port in Beaune Gilles Joubert sat on the edge of his cot, red circles beneath his eyes. He let the phone hang loose from it's perch in the wardroom. The table below him displayed one token from home, a picture of his wife and son. He was used to early mornings but this was different...

The Gojan Goliath: A Legend in the Making Karlheinz Øvenberger in a Pre-Season Game, 2019 When the Lanester Musketeers selected Karlheinz Øvenberger in the 2019 CRA Draft, no one was surprised. The 6'7" giant was one of the largest and most physically impressive prospects ever seen in CRA...

CEA Membership Vote Nation: Callise Should the Equestrian Commonwealth be admitted into the Craviter Economic Association? <YAY>