Comparto aquí algunas lecturas y artículos breves que considero particularmente relevantes para realmente comprender el estado político actual del mundo. En el verdadero espíritu del anarquismo epistemológico, su inclusión aquí no necesariamente indica que esté completamente de acuerdo con ellas, mucho menos que promuevo su fuente, pero sí que contienen ideas que opino deben ser más comunes en el discurso político actual.

• Industrial Society and Its Future — Theodore Kaczynski

  • “Our society tends to regard as a “sickness” any mode of thought or behavior that is inconvenient for the system, and this is plausible because when an individual doesn’t fit into the system it causes pain to the individual as well as problems for the system. Thus the manipulation of an individual to adjust him to the system is seen as a “cure” for a “sickness” and therefore as good.”

    • Nota personal: Aunque este ensayo contiene varias posturas que considero ciertas, particularmente en su primera mitad, rechazo por completo su tesis principal. Al respecto es relevante la tercera lectura proporcionada.

• The System’s Neatest Trick — Theodore Kaczynski

  • “The System has played a trick on today’s would-be revolutionaries and rebels. The trick is so cute that if it had been consciously planned one would have to admire it for its almost mathematical elegance.”

• How—and How Not—to Love Mankind — Theodore Dalrymple

  • “Almost every intellectual claims to have the welfare of humanity, and particularly the welfare of the poor, at heart: but since no mass murder takes place without its perpetrators alleging that they are acting for the good of mankind, philanthropic sentiment can plainly take a multiplicity of forms. Two great European writers of the nineteenth century, Ivan Turgenev and Karl Marx, illustrate this diversity with vivid clarity.”

• Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber — James Damore

  • “Google’s left bias has created a politically correct monoculture that maintains its hold by shaming dissenters into silence. This silence removes any checks against encroaching extremist and authoritarian policies.”

    • Nota personal: Antes de cambiarme de carrera, cuando estudiaba una ingeniería en desarrollo de software, era bien sabido que Google sólo contrataba mujeres para sus internships.

• Free Software Is Even More Important Now — Richard Stallman

  • “When a program respects users’ freedom and community, we call it “free software.””

• Are Boys Irrational? — James Taranto

  • “Men traditionally sought to “better themselves” not because working in an office or on an assembly line was itself a source of delight, but because being a workingman enabled them to earn respect and made possible the joys of domestic life.”