The Unabombers Resolve and Outcomes The U.S postal system has been around since 1775, and it seems to be an effective and fast way to deliver packages and mail nationwide. People never think about opening their mail because they assume that it is safe to open and we seem to open it mindlessly and without thought. Yet in 1978, Theodore Kaczynski changed this, because of his education and his belief that technology would ruin the world, committed one of the most heinous acts of terror in history and he used the postal system to do it.
Historical Context and Life Before the Tragedy In 1958, Kaczynski was accepted into Harvard University for the study of mathematics at the age of 16. Alston Chase when talking about Ted Kaczynski Stated, “Kaczynski, we learned, was a Harvard graduate and former University of California mathematics professor who gave up his teaching career in 1969 to live a hermetic life in Montana”(1). While he was there he took place in a study that was run by professor Henry A. Murray. This study was meant to find out how language would affect the human mind. The study forced Kaczynski to receive a lot of verbal and mental abuse. This experiment contributed to Ted Kaczynski's violent actions that he would
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Going to school at Harvard during the Vietnam War also helped form some of his values and beliefs that industrialized society will be the human race’s downfall. In the end it was his own writing style that brought him down. The Unabomber events are considered an American Crime/Tragedie because what he did was unrighteous, unthinkable, and devastating to the American people. He caused fear, death, and destruction just to get his point of view across. What he did is still talked about today because it is a lesson to learn from, and what he did was unforgivable and