Less and less is human life connected to other species, to natural systems, to seasonal and regional patterns; more and more to the Technospere, to artificial and engineered constructs, to industrial patterns and procedures, even to man-made hormones, genes, cells, and life-forms.
Predictor: Sale, Kirkpatrick
Prediction, in context:In his 1995 book “Rebels Against the Future: The Luddites and Their War on the Industrial Revolution,” Kirkpatrick Sale writes: ”Less and less is human life connected to other species, to natural systems, to seasonal and regional patterns; more and more to the Technospere, to artificial and engineered constructs, to industrial patterns and procedures, even to man-made hormones, genes, cells, and life-forms.”
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, 1995
Topic of prediction: General, Overarching Remarks
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Rebels Against the Future: The Luddites and Their War on the Industrial Revolution
Title, headline, chapter name: The Imposition of Technology
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Stevens, Shawn