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I wish the Unabomber hadn't killed people...

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Antigen:
This is really fascinating stuff! Downloading the documentary now. A good friend of mine is a big fan of the technological singularity. I've invited him to weigh in on this one. Hope he takes me up on it!

Antigen:
Holy sheep shit, Batman! Ted's sister in law taught @ Union College. http://stephenjdubner.com/journalism/101899.html is this the same diploma mill that gave Virgil his degree in social anthropology?

Ursus:

--- Quote from: "Antigen" ---Holy sheep shit, Batman! Ted's sister in law taught @ Union College. http://stephenjdubner.com/journalism/101899.html is this the same diploma mill that gave Virgil his degree in social anthropology?
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Nope; 'fraid not.

If I'm not mistaken, Virgil got his degree from Union Institute (their website: http://www.myunion.edu/).

Your link refers to Union College (their website: http://www.union.edu/), which is further confirmed by the reference to Schenectady:

In September 1989, David wrote Ted to say he was leaving the desert. Linda Patrik had divorced, and after she visited him in Texas, David decided to move with her to Schenectady, N.Y., where she taught philosophy at Union College.[/list][/size]

Antigen:

--- Quote from: "dragonfly" ---http://www.unabombers.com/Manifesto.htm#Kill

It mostly seems like rather smart ideas except for the killing people part.

If you start at the begining, it just sounds like what alot of folks would agree with if they didn't know it was his manifesto.

..."155. Our society tends to regard as a "sickness" any mode of thought or behavior that is inconvenient for the system, and this is plausible because when an individual doesn't fit into the system it causes pain to the individual as well as problems for the system. Thus the manipulation of an individual to adjust him to the system is seen as a "cure" for a "sickness" and therefore as good."
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I thought the same thing when I first read it years ago.So did my brother. Matter ouy fact, he called me up & said "Ging...he unabomber is Dad!" He was only half kidding. Fact is that if we're going to talk about dismantling the system, or making moves to hasten the downfall, part of that involves death & hardship to people dependent on it. Not just the 1%, either. Kaczynski talks about it in his interview w/ ELF. supply lines down & people starve, kill each other over food, can't get life sustaining medicines, etc. now, I'm not advocating intentional murder. I'm more inclined to advocate sustainable living & leave the downfall of the system to unfold on it's own.

N.O.S.O.B.:

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