# Anyone Ever Read Unabomber Ted Kaczynski's Writings?

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**Created:** [May 9, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-unabomber-ted-kaczynskis-writings/657928 "2013-05-09T20:42:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-unabomber-ted-kaczynskis-writings/657928/1 "2013-05-09T20:42:09Z")

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Any thoughts on the Unabomber Manifesto:  
[http://cyber.eserver.org/unabom.txt](http://cyber.eserver.org/unabom.txt)

In case you are not familiar with him:

> **[Ted Kaczynski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski)**
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> Theodore John Kaczynski (/kəˈzɪnski/ kə-ZIN-skee; May 22, 1942 – June 10, 2023), also known as the Unabomber (/ˈjuːnəbɒmər/ YOO-nə-bom-ər), was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist. He was a mathematics prodigy, but abandoned his academic career in 1969 to pursue a primitive lifestyle. Between 1978 and 1995, Kaczynski murdered three individuals and injured 23 others in a nationwide mail bombing campaign against people he believed to be advancing modern technology and the destruc

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**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-unabomber-ted-kaczynskis-writings/657928/2 "2013-05-09T20:59:02Z")

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As a father and an average guy, I’ve noticed the length and complexity of someone’s explanation for a given act to often be directly proportional to the probability they are lying or abusing sophistry to justify indefensible actions.

There’s no need to sell truth, and a manifesto is the ultimate sales brochure. To hell with Ted. It’s a pity his name is even remembered.

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**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-unabomber-ted-kaczynskis-writings/657928/3 "2013-05-09T21:05:29Z")

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You might be interested in this lengthy discussion from last year:

[Thoughts on the Unabomber’s philosophy and sociology](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=659904)

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**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-unabomber-ted-kaczynskis-writings/657928/4 "2013-05-09T21:12:10Z")

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I read it fairly recently actually, I thought he had some valid points about the stressors modern society places on people but then I got to the part where he states that part of the reason he conducted his campaign is that if he wasn’t infamous nobody would read his writings at all. I realised he was exactly right and had a bit of a moral debate with myself whether I should finish it or not.