I haven't read the manifesto, just the article, but none of the major ideas or themes presented in it originate with the unabomber. I've read bits and pieces of

I haven't read the manifesto, just the article, but none of the major ideas or themes presented in it originate with the unabomber. I've read bits and pieces of these ideas from Buddhism, Bertrand Russel, Marshall McLuhan and Jared Diamond, among others.