Ted Kaczynski Aka The Unabomber
1. Over the course of the film, Ted Kaczynski, aka ‘the Unabomber,’ is described as a “sick criminal,” “madman,” and a “creator of pain and suffering.” Yet there are others who defend him. What are your impressions of his character, ideas, and methods? I think that his fears are not uncommon in the modern technological society that we live in. Perpetual surveillance and the precarious nature of the freedom of man under such circumstances, are not topics that only Kaczynski recognized as dangerous results of technology. Being a mathematician in such a pivotal technological era no doubt encouraged his fears of the potential power of technology to turn the tables and control humans instead because he likely understood the potentialities of the technology more than the average person. However, such fears have always existed in the 20th and 21st century and at every level in society, as is visible in screen arts. In short, I do not think his ideas about technology are all that unique; however, his methods to reign in the change ‘necessary’
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When the question was posed, the tone implied that such a transformation was unlikely, but I do not think that being a mathematician in any way prevents one from being a terrorist. It appeared to me that the more he learned about these emerging technologies and their potential ubiquity, the more he understood their negative effects, theorizing that they would eventually control humans. His transformation, while unique and radical, is not all that surprising to me. In an era of such great evolution, in this case technological, there are bound to be those who find fault in
When the question was posed, the tone implied that such a transformation was unlikely, but I do not think that being a mathematician in any way prevents one from being a terrorist. It appeared to me that the more he learned about these emerging technologies and their potential ubiquity, the more he understood their negative effects, theorizing that they would eventually control humans. His transformation, while unique and radical, is not all that surprising to me. In an era of such great evolution, in this case technological, there are bound to be those who find fault in