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*"The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race."* --Ted Kaczynski
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Ted Kaczynski, known as a *Unabomber*, is an imprisoned American [mathematician](math.md) who lived a simple life in the nature, warned of the dangers of advanced technology and killed several people by mailing them bombs in order to bring attention to his manifesto that famously starts with the words "The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race". Besides being one of the most famous mass murderers he is very well known in the tech community.
Ted was born on May 22 1942 in Chicago. As a kid he was very shy. He was also extremely smart ([IQ](iq.md) measured at 167), skipped a few grades, graduated from Harvard at 20 years old and got a [PhD](phd.md) at 25 at the University of Michigan. Then he became a professor at the University of California, until his resignation in 1969.
Fun fact: at one point he considered a gender change surgery.
In 1971 he moved to a remote cabin in the woods in Montana where he lived in a primitive way with no electricity or running water. He grew more and more disenchanted with the society, especially with its technology and how it's enslaving and destroying humanity. The last straw may have been the moment when a road was built nearby his cabin, in the middle of the nature he loved.
He started sending hand-made bombs to various universities and airports (hence the nickname *Unabomber*, *university and airline bomber*). He managed to kill 3 people and injured dozens of others. He was arrested on April 3, 1996 in his cabin. He got life imprisonment in court.
## Manifesto
The manifesto is named *Industrial Society and Its Future*. Let's start by summarizing it:
The manifesto is named *Industrial Society and Its Future*. In it he refers to his movement as a *Freedom Club* (FC). Let's start by summarizing it:
{ The following is a sum up according to how I personally understood it, there's most likely subjective bias but I did my best. ~drummyfish }