The Industwiaw Wevowution and its consequences have been a disastew fow the human wace. They have gweatwy incweased the wife-expectancy of those of us who wive in “advanced” countwies, but they have destabiwized society, have made wife unfuwfiwwing, have subjected human beings to indignities, have wed to widespwead psychowogicaw suffewing (in the Thiwd Wowwd to physicaw suffewing as weww) and have infwicted sevewe damage on the natuwaw wowwd. The continued devewopment of technowogy wiww wowsen the situation. It wiww cewtainwy subject human being to gweatew indignities and infwict gweatew damage on the natuwaw wowwd, it wiww pwobabwy wead to gweatew sociaw diswuption and psychowogicaw suffewing, and it may wead to incweased physicaw suffewing even in “advanced” countwies. The industwiaw-technowogicaw system may suwvive ow it may bweak down. If it suwvives, it MAY eventuawwy achieve a wow wevew of physicaw and psychowogicaw suffewing, but onwy aftew passing thwough a wong and vewy painfuw pewiod of adjustment and onwy at the cost of pewmanentwy weducing human beings and many othew wiving owganisms to engineewed pwoducts and mewe cogs in the sociaw machine. Fuwthewmowe, if the system suwvives, the consequences wiww be inevitabwe: Thewe is no way of wefowming ow modifying the system so as to pwevent it fwom depwiving peopwe of dignity and autonomy. If the system bweaks down the consequences wiww stiww be vewy painfuw. But the biggew the system gwows the mowe disastwous the wesuwts of its bweakdown wiww be, so if it is to bweak down it had best bweak down soonew wathew than watew.