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Kind of odd that I haven't seen him mentioned in any of these discussions. How does Ted Kaczynski fit into all of this? * He was correct * He was wrong
by Jblx2 22d ago
Kind of odd that I haven't seen him mentioned in any of these discussions. How does Ted Kaczynski fit into all of this?
* He was correct
* He was wrong
* He was correct, but for the wrong reasons
* He was correct, but too extreme
* He was correct, and not extreme enough
* He was correct, but too early
* He was correct, but unpleasant as a person
* I haven't read the manifesto, but I have strong opinions anyway
* Ted who?
- ButlerianJihad 22d ago* He wasn't wrong
- Scottn1 21d ago>>>How does Ted Kaczynski fit into all of this? You mean Jacques Ellul? Ted Kaczynski was heavily influenced by little known French Philosopher / Anarchist Ellul's anti-technology books. Ted even mentioned this to his prison interviewer. Here is a copy of Ted's 1983 letter to Ellul: https://www.thetedkarchive.com/library/ted-kaczynski-s-letter-to-ellul https://www.thetedkarchive.com/library/ted-kaczynski-s-lette... Ted always seems to get the recognition for being the main, or original, anti-technologist who "foresaw" our modern predicament because he killed people to make enough noise to get his manifesto published. Ellul and many others were before him. The Netflix documentary on Ted Kaczynski is real good.