Books like Industrial Society and Its Future

Industrial Society and Its Future by Theodore Kaczynski reads as polemical, critical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Technological Society

Jacques Ellul · 1964

Both explore technology & alienation

65% genome match

Rights of Man

Thomas Paine · 1791

Both explore revolution

60% genome match

Technopoly

Neil Postman · 1992

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Technics and civilization

Lewis Mumford · 1934

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

De la littérature des Nègres, ou, Recherches sur leurs facultés intellectuelles

Henri Grégoire · 1810

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

Shadow Work

Ivan Illich · 1980

Both explore technology

58% genome match

Peau Noire, Masques Blancs

Frantz Fanon · 1952

Both explore alienation

70% genome match

Democracy and Education

John Dewey · 1916

Same philosophy feel

54% genome match

The organic machine

White, Richard · 1995

Both explore technology & industrialization

73% genome match

Dei delitte e delle pene

Cesare Beccaria · 1764

Same philosophy feel

53% genome match

Some thoughts concerning education

John Locke · 1693

Same philosophy feel

54% genome match

Emile or Education

Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762

Both explore freedom

55% genome match