Noted social commentator “the unabomber”.

Dude was extremely smart and observant. I get that it’s hard to see past the bombings, but they don’t exactly bear on the strength of his philosophical work.

I mean… we are talking about a UI update here.

"Android 12 and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race" - Ted Kaczynski

Yeah, but that particular observation is neither new nor obscure. Surely a different source for a similar quote would have been better.

This observation was famously attributed to one of the classic sociologists - maybe Durkheim? The form I remember was: each institution's primary activity is to preserve itself, and only secondarily to pursue its nominal purpose. I'd love it if someone could track down the original quote. It definitely predates Kaczynski though, and we could probably do without the internet trope of bringing him up as a social theorist.

> each institution's primary activity is to preserve itself, and only secondarily to pursue its nominal purpose.

Sounds weird about institutions, but obvious about organisms. Substitute in "organisation" instead, and the parallel to organisms becomes clearer.