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Subject Autonomy in the Power Process

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Original Message From Chapter 7 of the Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Socirty & Its Future:

"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.
Yet most people do not have to exert this initiative, direction and control as single individuals. It
is usually enough to act as a member of a SMALL group. Thus if half a dozen people discuss a
goal among themselves and make a successful joint effort to attain that goal, their need for the
power process will be served. But if they work under rigid orders handed down from above that
leave them no room for autonomous decision and initiative, then their need for the power process
will not be served. The same is true when decisions are made on a collective bases if the group
making the collective decision is so large that the role of each individual is insignificant"

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I will continue to use this thread to share the ideas of a very mindful man of integrity, Dr. Theodore Kaczynski.

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