Unabomber
Mail bomb hermit
The Unabomber was Ted Kaczynski, an American domestic terrorist who conducted a bombing campaign from 1978 to 1995, targeting universities and airlines—hence the FBI's code name UNABOM (University and Airline Bomber).
His attacks killed three people and injured twenty-three.
Kaczynski, a former mathematics professor, was identified after his anti-technology manifesto was published.
The name now evokes lone-wolf terrorism driven by ideological grievance.
- FBIU.S. domestic intelligence agency
- manifestoPublished statement of principles
- domestic terrorismPolitically motivated violence by citizens
- manhuntSearch for a suspect
forensic linguistics · profiling · guilty plea · life sentence · postal inspector · bombings · explosives · universities
- HarvardPrestigious Cambridge university
- mathematicianProfessional in abstract quantities
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
- cabinSimple wooden dwelling
Montana · hermit · recluse · genius · PhD · Berkeley · child prodigy · professor
Published statement of principles
- anti-technologyOpposed to modern machinery
- industrial societyCivilization centered on manufacturing
- LudditeOne opposing technological progress
- neo-LudditeOpponent of modern technology
nature · primitivism · revolution · societal collapse · freedom · autonomy · modernization · alienation
Ted Kaczynski
- FBIU.S. domestic intelligence agency
- manifestoPublished statement of principles
- domestic terrorismPolitically motivated violence by citizens
manhunt · forensic linguistics · profiling · guilty plea · life sentence · postal inspector · bombings · explosives · universities · airlines
Ted Kaczynski
- HarvardPrestigious Cambridge university
- mathematicianProfessional in abstract quantities
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
cabin · Montana · hermit · recluse · genius · PhD · Berkeley · child prodigy · professor · academic career
manifesto
Published statement of principles
- anti-technologyOpposed to modern machinery
- industrial societyCivilization centered on manufacturing
- LudditeOne opposing technological progress
neo-Luddite · nature · primitivism · revolution · societal collapse · freedom · autonomy · modernization · alienation · New York Times
- Mid-90sWindows 95, Friends, Toy Story, ER, Braveheart
Unabomberpeacemaker
Conflict resolution agent
Mahatma Gandhi · Martin Luther King Jr. · pacifist · peace activist · Desmond Tutu
Unabombertechnophile
Lover of new devices
techno-utopian · Elon Musk · Steve Jobs · transhumanist · futurist
Unabomberbuilder
One who erects structures
inventor · creator · philanthropist · humanitarian · Jonas Salk
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