Project Unabom Apple TV+

This remarkably detailed podcast took me back to the 80s and 90 in my twenties and thirties. I remember hearing about the unabomber after his arrest. By this time I was well into a life on the edge of society, nothing like Kaczynski, not totally isolating myself; but moving to the mountains, living on as little as I could. Having a very frugal existence but not solely non-technical. I drove old junker cars and I would work seasonally to save money for the rest of the year and spend time in the deserts and mountains of the west. I considered myself (still do) a deep ecologist, and non-violent eco-defender. 9/11 and the internet and just getting older changed that to a large degree. I moved to urban areas to protest against war and got involved in the labor movement. I fell in love and became entwined with lovers who were not into living on the edge. So here I am. Ted was very angry. Understandably so. But his anger was so disconnected from his humanity he either already was or became dangerously sociopathic. As disenchanted I get with my fellow humans, I don’t want to be that person. So, I hope he found some peace toward the end, but he did what he did and paid for it.

On an aside, he deserved what he got, but if you look at the mass murderers in suits and uniforms raining death down on tens, hundreds of thousands and millions of people and then retire with pensions…well it makes you think.

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Wow. I’m so impressed with this whole series - incredibly well-done, very well-produced, and so thoughtful in every word stated. I’m so glad that multiple perspectives were able to be shown by the individuals that lived them, and so grateful to have been able to listen to their stories (that were expertly weaved together).