back when i read industrial society and its future i finished the manifesto lost, distressed, and with a lot of questions. so i decided to immediately read it again to see if i missed anything. i don't really recommend doing that. in fact, i don't recommend reading it at all. if you haven't yet, you should just familiarize yourself with ted's arguments and concepts through reading a summary, because the essay itself is written in a pretty demoralizing manner, which was probably his intent. you could even check out that silly little netflix special based on him, "manhunt" (it really isn't that bad)