Musk says Unabomber who died last week ‘might not be wrong’ that tech is bad for humanity

[Kamaji]

Musk says Unabomber who died last week ‘might not be wrong’ that tech is bad for humanity

By Shannon Thaler
June 12, 2023

Elon Musk said on Saturday that the Unabomber — despite his twisted, homicidal rampage that killed three people and injured two dozen more — “might not be wrong” in his belief that technology is detrimental to society.

The billionaire tweeted the comment the same day the Unabomber, whose real name was Ted Kaczynski, died in his jail cell aged 81 after nearly three decades in prison.

Starting in 1978, Kaczynski waged a 17-year, anti-tech campaign by constructing 16 homemade bombs and mailing them to people he believed were destroying the environment and creating a more technically advanced society.

The explosives made Kaczynski the most prolific bomber in American history.

While living as a hermit in a Montana cabin, making bombs and evading authorities for 20 years, Kaczynski penned a 35,000-word manifesto titled “Industrial Society and Its Future,” a scathing writeup against technology and leftist views.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/06/12/musk-says-unabomber-might-not-be-wrong-that-tech-is-bad/

[Free Vulcan]

I've read a good chunk of his manifesto. It's eerily prophetic in some places. Doesn't take away from him being a psycho nut job terrorist, but his writings are coherent enough to be thought provoking.

[bigheadfred]

Given that a lot of people can't function without a phone, they are right..

[DefiantMassRINO]

The CIA's MKUltra ... the gift that keeps on giving.

[PeteS in CA]

Technology, whether rocks or super computers is a good or evil, helpful or harmful, as the user(s).

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

There are downsides to tech sure, but at present population levels we'd have massive famine without technology, period.

[Kamaji]

I've read a good chunk of his manifesto. It's eerily prophetic in some places. Doesn't take away from him being a psycho nut job terrorist, but his writings are coherent enough to be thought provoking.

True enough.