Industrialism, the ethos encapsulating the values and technologies of Western civilization, is seriously endangering stable social and environmental existence on this planet, to which must be opposed the values and techniques of an organic ethos that seeks to preserve the integrity, stability, and harmony of the biotic communities, and the human community within it.
Predictor: Sale, Kirkpatrick
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for The Nation, adapted from his book “Rebels Against the Future,” Kirkpatrick Sale urges people to question technology. He makes seven key points. This is one: ”Industrialism, the ethos encapsulating the values and technologies of Western civilization, is seriously endangering stable social and environmental existence on this planet, to which must be opposed the values and techniques of an organic ethos that seeks to preserve the integrity, stability, and harmony of the biotic communities, and the human community within it.”
Biography:Kirkpatrick Sale, an author and journalist, wrote a book titled “Rebels Against the Future: The Luddites and Their War on the Industrial Revolution” that made him a leader of the neo-Luddites of the 1990s. “Luddites” generally believe that technological advances are an endangerment to society. (Author/Editor/Journalist.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: The Nation
Title, headline, chapter name: Lessons From The Luddites
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
www.ensu.ucalgary.ca/~terry/luddite/sale.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney