The Unabomber: The Devastating Use of a Brilliant Mind
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Do Trevor mcdonald
I got rickrolled
experiment adding women into your content very very one sided here !
Hey there, but whats the song in the very beginning?
-Man arrested for killing people by sending mail to them
-Is allowed to send people mail from prison
Prison mail is actually checked before it goes out to anyone, just in case a bomb or anything else is inside. That's why most immigrants aren't allowed to write in their native languages without a translator approving of it.
Yeah because they are going to allow him access to that kind of stuff in prison. Get real bro. I'm actually in the process of writing a letter to Ted.
@@stolasgoetia93 have you read his most recent book, The Anti Tech Revolution? It's a few years old now, but seems to only get increasingly relevant with the passage of time.
Empyreus Sol these Days he only sends out turds rolled in newspaper or little homemade jars of jizz
apparently
@@malachityeejl5129 Why aren't they allowed to write in their native languages? Can arabic or chinese characters explode if written on paper?
Well, crazy as he is, he wasn’t wrong about tech and individual liberty. We’re living his worst fear.
What a waste of talent and intelligence.
??? Your second sentence makes no sense.
@@SignificantPressure100 "Liberty is getting better"
Ah yes, the liberty of being able to whatever you want as long as youre easily standardized and serve your corporate overlords who will give you "liberty" if they can profit from it. The beautiful liberty of living in a concrete jungle or in a wasteland created by those same corporates, and unlimited freedom of having to pay for anything you do, even when you did every single bit yourself. The amazing improvement of life by making us all the same. What a lovely, dehumanizing world this tech has brought us! The significant improvements of overpopulation, pollution and utter reliance on multiple pharmaceutical drugs just to keep functioning in this societal machine, driving at a faster pace with one thing in its simple, primitive mind-money. Than you industrialists, for all of these beautiful wonders!
@@SignificantPressure100 Transhumanist Good job on insulting. Almkst everything ive complained about existed only since the industrial revolution, and the world wasnt exactly a shithole before that. How exactly am i expressing my liberty thriugh tech? And what sort of liberty would that be when all of the modern tech is spying on me like everybody else? The problem with taking drugs which give you a benefit is that the modern consumerist lifestyle has weeded out natural selection from humanity, meaning that we can only evolve by relying on technological advancements. And what will happen when inevitably some of that tech fails? We will all die because we wont be capable to fight the superbugs created by the meat industry to make more profit, we wont be anle to survive the hyper-evolved viruses made by vaccines, etc. And if you really think that electric cars and lab grown meat will solve the pollution problem, then i have no words for your utter ignorance. Additionally id like to add that i do not want us to be a primitive shithole, i want freedom for people and i want us to evolve and grow as a species, with tech following that, not the other way around because the reality of life on earth is that you will kill or be killed-be it in war, wilderness, etc. And the modern lifestyle is an anomaly to that which can collapse at any time due to some unforseen events. Simply put-i want humans to continue to evolve while not entrusting our lives as a species to machines which will eventually fail no matter how careful we are.
Digital Mind we are now than we’ve ever been, modernity has ruined us
Digital Mind improved?? You mean made next generation dumber and incapable
When the villain giving his Speech and lowkey making sense
Ted you were spot on but you need to calm down a bit with the bombing
You're officially on CIA watchlist.
Yes but would his argument have been heard without the bombing? No. He knew that
when he was arreseted there were legimate riots saying that we should start implenting what he was preaching. Thats why the FBI agents were so scared of letting him go to trial because his words were so powerful
You really need to learn what lowkey means
"In the 1960s there was a young man that graduated from the University of Michigan. Did some brilliant work in mathematics. Specifically bounded harmonic functions. Then he went on to Berkeley. He was assistant professor. Showed amazing potential. Then he moved to Montana, and blew the competition away."- Sean Maguire, Good Will Hunting
Exactly what I thought of
Back in '99, I bought the DVD (Good Will Hunting) pretty much just for that line!
I thought Sean Maguire was in a gang and died in Rhodes.
@@mariguana7918 Maybe there is more than one Sean Maguire but the original comment here refers to a character in the movie "Good WIll Hunting' (1997) who acted as a therapist to a young man with exceptional understanding of maths.
@@francoisleveille409 I know. It was a joke
It’s so strange how both Hawking and Einstein are constantly used in IQ references when neither took any IQ tests
Who made up the IQ scores then?
@@mikespearwood3914 It was originally developed in France to measure childrens test scores, and due to the resulting criteria is often considered (Atleast in part) to be a learned behavior, the bright side to that being that so long as you have the right methods, environment, resources and time then you'd probably be able to climb very high, IQ is very focused in certain demographics to so that does help this idea
@@entitygamma1792 No, I was specifically referring to the person's comment regarding Hawking and Einstein being given IQ scores without apparently taking the test...but thanks for the interesting info.
IQ tests were a way to prevent minorities from breeding.
@@wildfireman13 well it clearly failed then.
Smartphones would surely give him a heart attack.
Imagine how freaked out he probably is by all of the cameras in the jail
Imagine him watching two girls one cup
he predicted the effect that social media would have on our society and interactions with one another without ever having seen anything even resembling a precursor to it. he was a visionary on the level of Marx and a brilliant person, maybe he would have done great things if he had a different upbringing.
@@zeeshanjafri2418 Marx, a visionary? Well that's not a description I'd of ever thought to attribute to him..
@@Mrbootyman Marx was evil but he still fits the definition of a visionary
“Ted was on to something”
- guy who has spent at least 12 hours on UA-cam today alone...
Stfu
Jk
"society needs a bit of improvement" says the guy who lives in a society,,,,
tfw too intelligent
@@comradeakubra6709 nice profile pic
;)
Ya, he was on LSD, that the CIA gave him for mind control at Harvard. Research more then MS propaganda, schmuck.
“He earned 12 A’s and 5 B’s over 18 courses...”
There must be some advanced mathematics going on here.
And probably a C on one course
@@shinydewott He never took the one class, and all of the bombings were just an atempt to hide that fact
He did fail one course, as mentioned on Wikipedia.
*and 1F
He actually got 1F
Johnny Sins continues to amaze me with versatility.
😭😭😭 My God Forgive Your soul 😂😂😂
Literally looks nothing like him. Seems you're suffering from a case of the old coomer brain there.
Bald white man = Johnny sins
more like vsauce
@@wavelesstime914 true they talk the same way too
Never play the trombone, nothing good comes from that
This is my favorite comment!
Yeah, were all psycho from having the trumpets right behind us lmaoo
I learned the trombone at school.
I am damned.
Seriously though, when I was a 9 year old kid our Physical Education teacher was given a posted package in front of my eyes. He then went to a room next door and it exploded. He came back alive and said that he was lucky he had his glasses on.
Hands down, the best comment.
I can relate
Imagine if he never became the unibomber. He’d probably be doing TeD talks.
This joke flew over too many ppls heads..
Oh my god shut up why am I laughing
Is this supposed to be a play on IED?
UnaBomb*
Explain the joke.
Odd he thought that no female would be into him, hes actually very handsome
Thats most incels
@@czernobog1731 touche
Total braincel
Yea. But if he was shy and not confident around women then it's different. In 60' girls didn't approach or flirt with men as now. So that's why. Kemper wasn't ugly or dumb either but he was terrified of women to the way that he was killing them to have sex
You're talking about the 1960s, he was an Introvert and didn't speak very much. Ladies don't respond Even today to things like that.
Every education channel ever: "We need a host."
"Aye just call Simon."
Who you gonna call?!
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Biographics
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Those Bustards!
Your going to call a team that has done research for a week and learned the same way anyone other amautar has learned historical information and that summarize it for us... Yaah
Narrowc ross lol two weeks and no one agreed with your comment
"Return To Monke" - Theodore Kaczynski
That’s actually not what he wanted, if you actually read his manifesto you would understand his theory was more psychological
@@sunny8392 😐
@@sunny8392 r/whoosh
@@bottomgear5821 cringe
@@bottomgear5821 r/etard
Forgot to mention that they’re still searching the tunnels where his cabin was at. Dude built hella tunnels
Ever spend a week in the woods? All you can do is just dig tunnels, imagine how fucking complex Kaczynski's where
Mans was in creative mode
@@lunaseur327 i guess you can caLL him a good kreig guardsman
@@rattyratstuff7125 SHOOOVEEEELLLLLLLL
@@RandomVidz690 he was just strip mining
"It is argued that continued scientific and technical progress will inevitably result in the extinction of individual liberty" A smart man indeed.
“Where’s the lie” is all I need to say about that.
@@wileywonka1143 Really? Childish Hitler-like soundbite simplistic thinking with nothing to back it up is all i need to say.
Good point, which I why I’ve read through the entirety of “Industrial Society and It’s Future”. “Hitler-like” ah, Godwin’s law wins again.
@@wileywonka1143 yea thats not what Godwins law means tho .
@@rippedtorn2310 That's exactly what Godwin's law means, actually.
Crazy how he was fine till after the Harvard experience that has relation to MK Ultra. No one else found that weird?
✋I found that hella weird
@Ed Carone III Wooow, look at the big brain on Ed!
Curtis Beardsley sup
You're assuming the entire government story is true. Sorry to break it to you, but goverments lie. They're protecting the victim's CIA ties.
It's not weird. It makes perfect sense actually.
"The concept of mental health in our society is defined largely by the extent to which an individual behaves in accord with the needs of the system and does so without showing signs of stress"
Read that manifesto, it's a very intriguing read.
That's pretty deep. And very accurate.
And it should be. If you can't fit then gtfo
What does it mean
@@crazypato3752 it means the contemporary approach to mental health and psychological therapy is not designed to benefit the patient's well being but rather to keep the patient productive and useful to the economic system. If you have a normal reaction to an extremely stressful environment and go burn-out, you're regarded as psychotic. At the same time, individuals who are completely deranged but productive (I met several managers like this) are regarded as healthy and well-adjusted. On the same tune, prescription drugs for mental problems rarely if ever solve your illness, they keep the symptoms under control just enough for you to keep working and being "useful" while getting you addicted.
He's completely right about psychology. It's never about helping the individual, just making them more palletable to society.
If he saw modern technology he would know that he was right.
John Blackstone It still doesn’t excuse what he did. If he wanted to warn people or effect some kind of change, he could of done what George Orwell did and have just written a brilliant novel like 1984 that would have resonated in peoples hearts and minds.
Well he's still alive today, and even though he's imprisoned he considers his eight life sentences to be awards.
@@cocotaveras8975 he can be right and crazy at the same time
He did also correctly predicted the left today tho, The first paragraph of his manifesto will shock you.
@@nnana764 you can write letters to him too ive written him about 7
I had a friend like this in middle school. He taught himself algebra and physics out of books and we'd skip lunch to watch him play piano. Everyone liked him. Handsome, thoughtful, good speaker, all teachers and most students liked him. He skipped eighth grade and we lost touch, mostly, except for bus rides home where we'd talk about black holes and FTL travel, lots of science fiction. The weeks before he graduated, however, he told me how tired he was. He said he could've done more to be happy and spend time with people his age. I haven't heard of him since.
Hope he’s doing alright.
Have you tried to get in contact with him?
@@williammorahan4907 yes, actually. I found his younger brother and got back into contact just last December. My friend Blake has a degree now, but also a lot of debt. And little motivation. Apparently he can’t find a job in his field, or found out he doesn’t actually enjoy the work. So it goes …
His younger brother Michael complains that he feels like the most mature one of his siblings, and gets angry a lot. We talked a lot about theology, the monomyth (hero with a thousand faces), and politics.
It’s so strange to me that this family of incredibly bright people are all suffering so much. Hope I entertained your curiosity. Were you reminded of anyone?
@@adamyoung6797 I don’t think I was reminded of anyone I knew….
You should stay in contact with them - help them out if they need it.
It’s the right thing to do.
@@adamyoung6797 Its really a shame what a dystopian nightmare this world is become. Such potential and now he is unemployed and in debt.
Moved to Montana bought a cabin
While it's good that MK Ultra was mentioned here, it's disappointing that it was done so in a way that downplays its importance in the trajectory that the man's life took. Surely the fact that he was subjected to the torture of mind-control experimentation, under the authority of his country's government (a country that boasts it is the world's greatest bulwark against the enemies of liberty), was the most traumatic influence in his life, and will have caused a tremendous sense of betrayal. And while I don't personally have knowledge of what his views were prior to that trauma, it's worth mentioning that the American people in general felt much more positively towards their government at that point in history. As the century progressed, events, such as Watergate created a more widespread cynical and suspicious attitude from Americans towards the government. It's possible that, even with how intelligent Kazinski was, he was a young man in an earlier time, and he wouldn't have previously believed his government was capable of the hypocritical atrocity that was MK Ultra. It's not hard to understand how an abrupt and shocking betrayal, festering in the fractured mind of an otherwise highly intelligent man, who lacks the community and resources to cope with an unusual trauma, could become a sick and twisted scheme for vengeance. From what I gathered, it even sounds as if his ideas of vengeance were centered more around defending his principles. This is not to excuse what he did, but to highlight what I feel is an important context that was here brushed aside.
I remember pretty well when "The Unibomber" was all over the news, but I was also rather young, so my understanding of who he was and what his manifesto was about, were limited to the cursory coverage delivered by televised news. Watching this video, I wasn't expecting to hear that this person, who had been depicted as an evil madman, started out as what sounds like such a well-rounded and likeable academic, with an apparently bright future. In fact, while his youth was being summarised and his personality described, I was so surprised by the contrast, that I said to myself "I bet there are some people who theorize he was programmed by MK Ultra", but then thought it unlikely to have actually occurred. How funny is that?
My personal take on conspiracy theories is that some are true (because the world is far more corrupt, and the people in power far more devious, than most people want to accept), but a lot are the product of the fact that some mentally unstable people are sometimes paranoid and they think up some stories that sound so similar to the real conspiracies, that disinterested (or occasionally motivated) people find it too easy to dismiss all conspiracy theories together. But the thing about MK Ultra is that it's not just a theory. So, even if Kazinski's involvement was limited to what dear ol' Simon here refers to, that still is the most likely experience to have triggered the thinking that led to his violent actions. This mind control experimentation wasn't the equivalent of being influenced by a typical life experience. How many of us can relate to something like that? If it happened to you, would you have any idea how to process and recover? If there exists a support group for victims of federally run experimental torture programs, it at least wasn't around when Ted needed it. And just as "Simon" can say there's no proof they used drugs on him, there's no proof they didn't. There's more reason to suspect the torture (and that's what it was, because playing with someone's sanity can cause more misery than anything) of this once innocent man, was the catalyst for a psychotic break, than there's reason to think it was simply not the ideal college experience and he just developed extreme views and behaviours.
So, why is it that one man can be held fully accountable for these horrible acts, but the people responsible for psycologically torturing a tremendously bright, morally upstanding, innocent young man with a promising future, are held accountable neither for their crimes against him and the other innocent victims, nor their role in the ultimate outcome of that abuse. There's no question that he was a dangerous criminal. The questions I can't answer, and perhaps nobody can, are " how much free will did he have?" and how much free will was he robbed of?"
What bothers me most, is that this man had so much going for him, and then people in authority, with no regard for his humanity, violated his mental health to the point where it probably was enough to destroy not only his future, but several others. Adding insult to injury, his legacy is one of a monster, while those responsible for MK Ultra aren't ever household names. It's easy to demonize and make a spectacle out of one unhinged person, but there are so many people who commit equally appalling acts anonymously and without consequence, because there's more than one standard at work. If Frankenstein's monster has been caught and dealt with, fine, but we need to include Doctor Frankenstein in our condemnation, without making any excuses or downplaying the seriousness of what MK Ultra (and other sanctioned atrocities) has done.
Well said
Great comment!
I have made many of those same points. We can't know what the arc of his life would have been without the experimentation, but we do know what it was to that point. And if we add his age, he was 17 years old at the time of his participation, into the equation it becomes an obvious exercise in poor judgement. Toss in an I.Q. which is far enough outside of the range of normal human acumen and you will only attain invalid results from a statistical standpoint anyway. He was a guinea pig. Of course, we still can't absolve him of responsibility for his crimes as many military servicemen have gone through much worse at nearly the same age. They present him as a common serial killer in some ways in this presentation and I would think that might be inaccurate. Long distance bomb killing is so impersonal that it is hard to believe that it would give him any satisfaction or sate the desire to snuff the life from someone. I would imagine he simply planted that into his psychologist as a bit of a ruse. He was a domestic terrorist. Death as a political means to an end. He was able to publish his paper with more eyes on it than any scientist would ever get in a scientific journal. I certainly disagree with him as far as the technology versus individual rights. Globalism has existed since the Greeks to the Romans to the Mongols to the British Empire, in a sense but corporate internationalism is a new wild card. I think this is the new threat. (i know about the East Indian Trading Co. and the couple of others but they weren't really world based companies. They were national companies) Google would like to run the world. To some extent, big tech and Government co-mingling is a great threat, but so far the internet has allowed us to shed light on many of these transgressions. Each one of us can go to the internet or you tube and write or talk directly to most of the world. A sort of "here I am and this is what I think." If Ted Kasinski was thirty years younger he may just have had a channel on UA-cam, and no bombs at all.
I get the point you are trying to make but I feel that you are trying to use the government as a scapegoat for an atrocity committed by a troubled person. You keep mentioning that he felt betrayed by his government.. yet there's no evidence to suggest he had any problems with the government. His issue was with technology and that's a completely different ballgame. All his targets were representatives and leaders of technological progress. He didn't attack any government officials or buildings. I think if MKUltra would have been the focal point of his insanity, surely it would have come up in his manifesto.
Also, you can't blame Watergate on the government. That was a corrupt government officials doing... it did not have the governments blessing. That's not the same thing.
Well said
I am anti technology too!...as I sit on my computer, writing on a forum with others from around the world, watching videos on the internet
Everyone who's anti-technology has no idea what it was like without technology. They think they'll live nice wholesome lives as farmers or something. In reality they'll die from dysentery or in a war.
@@Tsinibor : Well said.
"you despise the state of society, and yet you live in it, checkmate poser" you can dislike something and still use it to your advantage. Always suprises them when their guns are turned on themselves
@Tsinibor Speak for yourself, I intend to take up farming on my family's land in the future. I just need to build up enough money to get things started, and then I can finally drop out of society and live a simple life.
If you don't like lead in your water than why do you still drink tapwater?
He was right about a few things especially about controlled opposition in the form of "university intellectuals." He was also right about anti-depressants beings used as a way of controlling the masses and to make them accept unacceptable living conditions.
@David If you're off them now than you're fine.
@David Don't flat out stop it, it's gonna mess you up. Do it little by little until you can manage to live completely without them.
These things are worse than any illicit drug. Cocaine has got nothing on antidepressants.
@David That must be tough, i never used them myself but I've had extensive contact with people who do.
My mom is addicted to antidepressants and can't stop it no matter how much she wants to. During the pandemic my dad got depression and some asshole psychiatrist (same one my mom goes to) convinced him to start taking it too against my every advice. You have no idea on how much i wanted to punch that man square in the jaw. Some doctors will do anything to keep patients coming back, even getting them addicted to medicine, those are no better than your local drug dealer.
I can only pray that you get better. Just remember that whatever happens, don't give up.
The biggest take away from his writings was the effects of over socialization. And now, we are paying the ultimate price for our own ignorance.
@@theazureknight9399 If I am being forced into unacceptable living conditions, then what alternative do I have except keep taking antidepressants?
When you combine high intelligence with insanity society suffers. Ted even made his own screws used in the bombs making it difficult to track where things originated. The FBI was stumped and it was a relative who helped.
Not downplay anything but you can get a tap and die set for 10 bucks these days to make both bolts/screws and the holes for them. Extremely useful bit of kit to own.
@@user-lv7ph7hs7l true
@@user-lv7ph7hs7l I own that kit ! 😄😏👌
his brother should be arrested...
When you're this intelligent, you have a hard time dealing with normal people.
When you're this intelligent, you have a hard time dealing with YOURSELF.
It sounds like he "dealt with" quite a few people O.O
You end up seeing things that people with regular cognitive abilities are not able to.
And, my evidence is also anecdotal...
I'm too stupid to deal with normal people. Aside from his amazing educational achievements and his intellect, I often think I would be happier living off in a cabin somewhere. I guess my shortcomings can be considered a blessing, as to be in his situation, misunderstood and unwanted, it would be torture.
I really appreciate the unbiased representation you provide on all subjects.
I remember the unibomber getting caught and all I ever heard was that his manifesto was ramblings of a crazy man.
He was not crazy, his manifesto makes sense, the thing that he could not see was his perception of the changes he correctly predicted were flawed, it's mad to think he got so much right but was so flawed in the way percieved them. Goes to show even genius is fallible.
@@olibarrett4283 ~ agreed
@@olibarrett4283 Can you elaborate on that? In which way did he perceive the things wrong, which he was right about?
@@olibarrett4283 no his rambling doesn't make sense. It's just the journal of an angry incel
@@UlexiteTVStoneLexite No, it does make sense. And I think you and him would have a lot in common, apart from the IQ.
Viewer mail time folks. This next one is from Theodore Kaczynski
Ah fu-
I mean there are thousands of pen pals with Ted kaczynsky.
Ted's a chill dude, im one of his pen pals
@@RuskiVodkaaaa no joke?
@@RuskiVodkaaaa Damn seriously?
I love how the departement of tobacco, alcohol, firearms and explosives is a thing. Those things shouldn't be together in one departement, at least two.
You’re right. They need to be a convenience store.:)
The ATF is the no-fun-allowed club.
@@comicsans1689 Better than the DEA. That agency should be disbanded.
"It is argued that continual scientific and technical progress will inevitably result in the extinction of individual liberty."
He was right. 50 years ago he was right wow.
WHAT does that have to do with ANYTHING??
Natasel- who was this meant for, me or the other guy?
pantslizard dude read a book named Homo sapiens, its fascinating
@Natasel so your argument is that the use of aforementioned technology is the only means of sustaining an equal plane of liberty¿ the very technologies that contrasted the balance of authority in the first place? keep in mind that the populous (or at least the people who may be advocates for national reform) heavily outweigh the bureaucratic capitalists as the majority
We WILL individual liberty, technology is simply a day to day tool.
Somebody told me I was “unabomber-pilled” when I told them I thought my ideal apocalypse would be for the human race to stop pretending like we aren’t tearing ourselves apart and just embrace it, get on with it, and revert back into animals. So I had to read up on him lol.
fbi if you’re reading this my name is Nathaniel B.
hold up aint u nathaniel b?
The 'Read more' caught me off guard.
Kaczynski has written two books from prison, they're excellent: Technological Slavery and Anti-Tech Revolution ...
I've read some of his work (there are books in addition to the essay mentioned here) and the dude is prophetic. It's a shame he decided to become violent instead of applying himself elsewhere. His books are challenging but worth a look.
But would you have known of his work lest he comitted such atrocities?
@@korpen2858 no, but that doesnt make it right
@@aztro.99 Agreed.
@@aztro.99 I guess that’s the dilemma of activism. If you do something the morally right way chances are high you won’t reach your goals and your goals don’t get spotlight or you choose the violent way and get spotlight and curiosity but you do horrible stuff achieve that
@@gggallin8279 The most moral protests that brought about genuine change were generally the most violent and hated at the time. The labor movement didn't occupy and wait for their corporate overlord to bend the knee, they threatened to burn the factories down and leave everyone in ruin. They gave an ultimatum--"treat us fairly, or be left with nothing."
The stronger and more disconnected from consequence corporations become, the more violent responses may very well need to be in order to remove them of their tyrannical strength.
They have his cabin on display in DC? They just made his point.
Am i the only person who felt immense sadness hearing about this man's life? What he did was inexcusable so let's not forget that, but the feelings of alienation, hostility and outright animosity that being highly intelligent tends to lead to are things that i could personally relate to as a young person.
If only his life had gone differently. If only he had channelled his talents constructively. We may very well remember him today for very different reasons if only things hadn't been how they were....
This channel is so damn good I'm surprised yahoo hasn't shut it down.
The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
“His staunch anti-technological views can be partly attributed to Harvard’s curriculum in the 1950s” Combine that with extreme social isolation and resentment, all these factors contributed to his actions. It was the perfect mix. You can’t blame one single event.
And MK-Ultra.
you literally quoted him saying "partly attributed", and also you are defining "harvard's curriculum in the 1950's" as one even for some reason
"Hey Vsauce, Michael here"
I can’t help but to wonder how Ted feels with a lot of his predictions becoming closer and closer to true
Apparently he spends his time reading and writing. Guards have tried having conversations with him but he keeps to himself. I wonder what he thinks of the world now.
If i were him I'd just laugh while the world destroys itself knowing i tried to warn it
Where can I find what he has written??
@@kamiwellman8056 erm.. google?
@@vlad516 irony
I remember when Ted Kaczynski was arrested. At the time Ted K's brother contacted a lawyer who acted as a go between with the FBI. The lawyer told the FBI that he had a client who could ID the unabomber and his location, but would only do so if the death penalty was taken off the table. Ted K's brother stated he could not turn in his brother if it would result in Ted K's death.
How many channels this guy on
Four
Biographics calm down
Stevie Stormz wait is he the guy for Today I found Out
Seth Leoric Yes.
Today I found out, Top Tenz, This channel, and the political channel I think
Why so close to the camera I feel like you gonna give me a kiss
This is the good comment.
He is. A kiss of knowledge.
I'm heterosexual but wouldn't mind
don't you want a bit of well trimmed mustache to tickle ya while he talks?
👁💋👁
people tend to underestimate how one's childhood can have a butterfly effect as they grow older. if only somehow, his antisocial tendencies were addressed properly when he was a kid, and was taught how to spread his ideas through a positive channel, the world today may be a better place because of him.
Literally NO ONE underestimates that. Ever. Your childhood is what forms your entire personality, psyche, social habits, etc. Why would you assume ppl don't know that?? That's high school psychology 101. Not to mention basic common sense 🙄.
He was a victim of MK Ultra in his youth
@@trawlins396 you have a lot of faith in people dude. I respect it
@@travm5540 yes I do. And I'm a woman.😘
@@paschen1791 myth
UPDATE: the Unabomber was just found dead.
BONUS FACT: In late 1995 my best friend's soon to be ex-husband was a suspect in the Unibomer case. I met the FBI agent to make sure he was legitimate before she would agree to meet with him. (Let's just say it was a *really* nasty divorce.) Her interview didn't exclude him from the list of suspects, either. We were all relieved when TK was arrested, especially my friend because she didn't want her children to have to bear that stigma.
I'm going to be honest; I do believe technology CAN be evil and an utter dependence on it will lead to humanity's downfall. Not that I would kill anyone to help "prove" my point.
Absolutely. Eventually computers truly will do all our thinking for us. We will be completely reliant on them and we will be completely subjugated to the government or to whatever private company has the most influence over the technology. We become stupider and more illiterate by giving over basic things like grammar to computer software and illiteracy is more corrosive to the human soul than most people these days might think. How can someone who can't even type in their own language correctly without having their hand held read any great fiction or philosophy? But aside from that the problems go much deeper. The fact that people are so addicted to the technology that most people can't have a conversation with someone without giving half their attention to their phone is going to have far greater effects in future generations than people think. Virtual reality will also have a litany of catastrophic effects the more it's developed. The greatest crises western civilization faces are not solved but made much more dangerous and prevalent by technology. In short, I think we're doomed. Human civilization in a hundred years will be an Aldous Huxley novel and there'll be no going back.
Violence is sometimes the only way to get points across. The French Revolution couldn't happen in a peaceful manner.
He didn't kill anyone to "prove" a point
He himself said that dissention against the system within the systems bounds and the means it provides is futile and meaningless
He could have written all the papers and books he wanted but those wouldn't have made an impact
That's why he used the systems moral values against itself, threatened murder in order to have his words stick in the minds of many
The system he describes cannot be reformed and a member of it cannot meaningfully aid in its own destruction
I can appreciate how you kept the pertinent facts in your video, rather than including bias and editorializing it to death, like so many others tend to do.
You said I should check out this channel and here I am. This is really informative. Keep up the great work.
He only read the wiki page
I don't agree with his actions, but his manifesto makes a lot of sense. Just look at society today.
Clint Bandura yup! He had the foresight, and the mind to foresee it.
Bullshit you would not last five minutes without all the conveniences that you have like a warm dry shelter, all the food you want at the nearest grocery store. Never mind the computer and internet you are using. Living off grid you still need things that our modern industrial society provides. I was a bush pilot for a long time in Alaska, people out in the bush still depended on Me and an airplane or helicopter to bring in food staples, fuel, parts for snow machines, and the list goes on. Ted wrote nothing but nonsense. Gee's he needed his brother to give him money to make ends meet most years. What a waste, but murder is a crime and 23 hours a day locked up at the Super Max, in Florance, Colorado is a good place for him, he should have ridden the needle long ago.
Clint Bandura Exactly what I was thinking!
That was exactly his point.
I could not agree less with your statement. What you wrote had absolutely nothing to do with his Manifesto. Ted, DID live 100% off the grid. Your personal experiences have nothing to do with that fact. His whole 'idea' is that to be free, you need to be completely self-suppliant, in other words, you don't need to rely on anyone for anything. His brother gave him money before he began working at his factory, but when he got fired he cut all ties to him. His ideas were extreme, yes, but they do deserve some merit in my opinion. He is a fanatic obviously. There are a thousand better ways to get your message across than bombing people. His idea is somewhat postmodernistic, kind of abstract in a way. Instead of functioning as a 'cog in the social machine' you can explore yourself, and get back to nature. I personally dont agree with most of what he says for a couple of reasons but what you said has nothing to with his manifesto.
Better not let him out now. He would not like to see all those smart phones and the idiots using them...
NicoD I've got the perfect punishment for this a-hole : he should have to share his cell with a blogger!
Linda Roy I wouldn't wish that upon even the worst of terrorists...
NicoD Nice.
NicoD your probably using one right now idiot
No, I`ve never had one. Not interested in it. I`ve got computers enough, why carry one around all the time. My telephone is for calling, and my brains for thinking. I`ve got too much things to do in the real world that I don`t need the distraction of such a thing.
If I`m an idiot? That could be.
Cheers
Ted Kaczynski was a genius and still is.
He did also correctly predicted the left today, The first paragraph of his manifesto will shock you.
@@Tidushii he's literally left-leaning what are you on
@@heckicusdoomicuswizardus1382 have you read his manifesto😂😂
@@jimjam6598 he's an anarchist, and while you can't argue that he's a leftist, you 100% cannot argue that he's a conservative either. in his manifesto he's criticizing liberals but calls them leftists - to be honest while he does have good points, he's simply not right about a few things
@@Quintinity never said he's a Conservative. It's just completely stupid to say he's "left-leaning" when he spends a massive portion of his manifesto criticising modern leftists
This is like a “before they were famous” lmfao
Like a documentary
Funny thing is that he’s right lol
ma 3 the way he acted out was wrong.
It's not funny, it's a tragedy. We're fucked.
Alejandro Zavala what if you were a cool cyborg tho
Anyone know any good comics? Not superhero stuff tho I don't like super hero's
Where the future "will go" with tech is guessing. Good guessing maybe, or bad. Toffler's utopia of mass free time available to enhance human potential in learning and arts seemed silly. Why would corporate honchos WANT people to earn full pay for part-time work? This could change but seems less about freedom from work and more about being unemployed & broke, but that's largely political-ideological decisions as much could be blamed on tech.
We have some clues about ubiquitous surveillance & security.
Most people use the web for banal activities on Facebook and Snapchat and Insta sharing vanity pics and the latest conspiracy theories (mainstream & weirder). But here WE are watching a fascinating history documentary which would have never have existed or come to light for ordinary people back when Americans all had the Big 3, ABC, NBC, and CBS television. Not without Web 2.0 aka social media i.e. UA-cam. Not even hip cinema production would present these brief documentaries.
Well if they didn't try to brainwash the poor guy maybe he wouldn't lashed out
If brainwashing never existed in the first place, the world would be a better place.
@@reneastle8447 got generically made generations now. Practically the same thing.
@@donovanburkhard I know, I may be like Ted, but I'm not as reclusive or violent as him. I tolerate with them and try not to upset them. If I could travel back in time, I could make him a better man by not only using his mind to help others, but to let his imagination run wild and become a gifted animator, writer, artist and positive role model to everybody.
@@reneastle8447 Brain washing doesn't exist, that's why MKUltra didn't work. The experiments just psychologically damaged people.
@@Bluematchhead I understand, I prefer people to be who they truly are, inside and out, without having their brains washed. People are free to think in the world. That's what makes us who we are and how we create ideas and imagination. Thanks to my Autism, it gave me the gift of writing and drawing.
Crazy how smart he was, 16 going into harvard he could of done anything and got rich maybe even win a nobel prize or a fields medal. Sad to see such a genius go down that route. Right about his beliefs or not he had no right to kill anyone.
You poor sheep
Ignore those in the comment.
Sheep. The CIA, DEA and whatnot kills people too. Murder isn't always wrong
@@davimedina5165 @xoFuney
Spoken like true individuals. 👍
Really? Gotten rich and win a nobel prize is what you see would be his ultimate achievements?? Come on, man.
Very good channel. Straight to the point. Thx
Mel Brooks please, his life is fascinating. Seriously, the guy is something else.
Imagine if he went to Stanford's or MIT instead 😔
Damn Harvard to hell
Should have gone to a proper University like Oxford ;)
Moraco Mole You never see any psycho from Yale. They go into politics.
Yeah he'd probably slaved away his life for Steve Jobs in that case.
Not that prestigious universities are only popular because of their funding, but many of them including MIT and etc recieved large amounts of funds during/after ww2 to develop more technology for the United States so it's all kind of the same in that sense.
I don't think he'd want to go to MIT, I mean they have "technology" in their name.
The Industrial Revolution and it's consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
The actions he took are certainly horrific. Who knows what took place in the experiments he was subject to. But his manifesto is truly a work of genius especially with the way things are going in this day and age. Its sad that his actions taint that to such a great degree
Mk ultra.
We know what experiments he went through, they were done at Harvard and well documented. While the ethics of the study were questionable they weren't injecting him with lsd or waterboarding him they just had lawyers criticize his ideas and even by his own admission they study didn't change him. His manifesto was delusional and idiotic. Its easy to be a critic but what challenging is coming up with a practical better solution and his solution was batsh*t insane. He wanted to go back to a time when people had 10 kids because half of them wouldn't make it to the age of 18. Guess what, you can do that right now, go to rural Alaska or Canada or the Philippines or Brazil or Congo etc. But almost nobody does that, instead literally millions leave those kind of places and cross oceans, deserts, mountains, and jungle every single year to get to industrialized nations.
I remember the bomb left by the Sacramento library. I can’t remember if it was linked to him or not . But an image of him was all over the news hoodie square sunglasses. I had been down there the day before. Scared the bajeebahs out of me.
bajeebahs
The proximity of your visit to the placement of the bomb is arbitrary.
Interestingly the most famous drawing of Kaczynski isn't even accurate. The person giving the description of Kaczynski was actually describing the person who first drew a portrait of the Unabomber. The eye witness was asked to give a description twice and the second time she was remembering details wrong and wound up mixing the faces up. Amazing how inaccurate our own eye witness testimonies can be.
For some weird reason, that hoodie and sunglasses picture reminded me of Gordon Lightfoot
I believe everything I read in UA-cam comments because its gotta be true
This guy has been around UA-cam forever, first time coming across this channel though. Always thought he was good at TopTenz, but this is just great. Non-partisan approach, thorough research, clean and concise writing, and professional editing to top it off. Instant subscribe!
and still is
Harvard, Facebook, Microsoft, Ted, oh, the irony......
these vids are awesome ...i must watch 3 or 4 a day ...great work simon ...you would make a great teacher ...thanks
I took "Language and the Law" in my linguistics undergrad, and we covered this case quite extensively. In fact, it was this case that gave rise to the subfield of Forensic Linguistics.
The netflix series is absolutely amazing
Flying Dutchman young Sheldon?
LazyLunatic whats the series called?
I didnt know there was a Netflix show ?
@TheDragonOfPoe It's not they, it's we. I don't particularly want people to start blowing one another up because they can't handle the complexities of humans inevitably co-existing with technology. It's not a government thing, it's a normal people thing. Fortunately for the world - having read his boorish manifesto - it hasn't had much of an impact.
@@matthewvaughan8192 thedragonofpoe agrees with the Unabomber, let him
This short doco is more informative and better produced than the standard crime documentaries. I've been really enjoying Biographics.
Thanks :)
Just goes to show you need more than a high iq to lead a fulfilling and happy life
or you need less iq
@@user-lw5oc1tt8k or you just need ❤️
Sounds like a great movie
There is a Netflix series called Manhunt: Unabomber that follows the FBI investigation.
you mean boring dull drama. just a weird nerd loner who never got laid so he goes nuts. I feel like there's always a few movies each year similar to that.
You should actually watch the series, I'm sure it will change your mind
@@DjJooze yes Chad you slay
Dip be more clear when making comments. you sound too vague and don't even know what your saying. don't be shy
Obviously, he suffered from overthinking.
Peter Lightning wtf
Agreed.
Yep
MK Ultra may have slightly affected him too...
Thank you for the video, that was very interesting.
A thorough biography. Thank you.
As always a fantastic video from Simon and the Biographics crew. Thanks for making it.
Also I can't believe it's been that long since the Unabomber case came to an end. Makes me feel really old. *:(*
Roger Smith cats in the cradle
That was quite interesting. Loving this channel.
this says a lot about the industrial society and its future
This was a very interesting video. I've heard a lot about the Unabomber all my life but I never really knew too much about him, like I knew he was a genius and that he placed bombs in places but I didn't know anything else. This is a good video and I can tell you did a lot of research.
Sans the killing streak he was a really reasonable man in my opinion.
And nobody would know about him were it not for his killing streak
Fred Zeppelin - Sans the fangs a cobra makes a wonderful pet. Like your handle.
@@Muhmawmehmaw And an autogynephile.
Besides the killing streak? Oh how was it unreasonable? let me know please
You could have used any of the MKUltra papers that outlined the torture he went throw. You didn't mention he was brain washed to forget. Not a huge criticism but the government made these kids brake, physically and mentally.
this experiment wasn’t anything like MKultra, thats like saying “Air Bud” is “Old Yeller” because they both have dogs.
Lol it was like MK ultra. Just reading the interrogations they went through. It was a form of MK ultra. Have you actually studied either?
Andrew Flood There is no conclusive evidence that what we call "Mind Control" experiments ever produced the intended effects. You might find it useful to watch Adam Curtis' documentary on the subject (he profiles many movements and social engineering efforts of the 20th C)
@@davidwoodward9528 mind control is real in a sense but it is nothing like it is portrayed in the media. It will actually go away in a very short amount of time. The U.S. Government studied Chinese brainwashing techniques during the Korean War, as many G.I.'s that were P.O.W. we're coming back brainwashed, repeating communist propaganda and whatnot. They all went back to their normal selves within months or even weeks of being free from Chinese captivity. Look up QK Hilltop, that's what the U.S. called those series of experiments.
@@soldierofmisfortune6284 lol. Right. You're comparing Chinese techniques to ours. Capitalism always produces superior results.
Great video man! I genuinely enjoyed :)
I loved this video! I grew up in Lincoln, although I think he was arrested juuuust before I lived there full time with my grandparents. Lincoln is beautiful, small, and as off the grid and backwards as technology could get, at least before the early 2000s. I went to the same library as him, rode my bike all over town like he did, I''d run off and explore the forests around my home which was only a couple miles away from where he was found, I remember trying to build a "mathematically perfect" stick fort like Ted did with his cabin LOL.... A girl I went to school with there told me how Ted would always sneak onto her parent's land and steal bits and pieces from their cars and equipment, which you can assume went into his bombs. You can find that interview with her family easily. Such a sad yet fascinating story!!!
Great video, I think this is probably my favourite Biographics video yet. What an interesting man.
Notice how through out his life his face seems to go from all smiles to eventually a permanent scowl of disgust.
Well done. Thank you.
Those sketches on the news used to creep me out so much when I was a kid.
has anyone ever said you have a gifted narrative voice? I enjoy each of your channels. I am also often impressed with your clarity on the subjects. I do enjoy!
Another informative bio. Kudos, Simon, to you and your team.
This is my favorite channel. Really cool.
Rip Ted
A sharp intellect is like a sharp knife; HOLD IT BY THE HANDLE!!!
That's one man I'd love to have a conversation with, or just listen to
Rest in peace legend, may your ideas be remembered for ages to come and your dream come true
What a fascinating individual. Great video!
"Hey, let's mess with some of the most brilliant minds. What could possibly go wrong?"
I know right?
I live in CT and lived right down the road near science park in New Haven. A friend's mom was the the secretary for the computer science guy at Yale. She told him that the packaged looked suspicious and when he told her as he began opening it " why would anyone want to hurt me?" The bomb went off
Love your videos! Keep it up!
I read Ted Kaczynski's two books, Technological Slavery and Anti-Tech Revolution, and they were great
It's amazing how accurate his manifesto parallels modern society, if anyone hasn't heard it It's an amazing read and a real insight into how the fear of a drastically changing world can effect people who are not ready for those changes wether or not you agree. His genius was evident.
Kaczynski has written two books from prison, they're excellent: Technological Slavery and Anti-Tech Revolution ......
Love your stuff bro! How are u so good at biographys
WE have great writers, editors and a fabulous narrator/host. - Shell
Well that's one outstanding team! Congrats!!
it's Wikipedia....it's ALWAYS Wikipedia
I was a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Michigan in the 90s & there were still prominently displayed instructions & cautions regarding suspicious mail in all the faculty & administrative mail rooms. Not gonna get exploded again, oh no.
The US Postal Service will not deliver a package weighing more than 13 ounces that just has stamps on it. You have to take it into a Post office to mail it. This is because of Ted.
RIP to a real one