Ted Kaczynski, the notorious Unabomber, died on June 10, 2023, at the age of 81. Kaczynski was a mathematics prodigy who abandoned his academic career in 1969 to live a life of isolation in the Montana wilderness. In 1978, he began a nationwide mail bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others. Kaczynski was captured in 1995 and pleaded guilty to the bombings. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Kaczynski's manifesto, "Industrial Society and Its Future," outlined his philosophy of radical anti-technology. He argued that industrial society was destroying the natural world and alienating human beings from their true nature. Kaczynski's writings have been influential among some anti-technology activists.
Kaczynski's death brings to an end one of the most notorious criminal cases in American history. His legacy remains a subject of debate, with some seeing him as a martyr for his beliefs and others condemning him as a terrorist.
