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In 1967, Kaczynski became one of the youngest professors at the University of California at only 25 years old. He took on the role of assistant professor, teaching geometry and calculus.
However, after two years, Kaczynski made a decision that changed his life. Kaczynski suddenly resigned from his position at the university, leaving colleagues and students confused. This unexpected departure marked the beginning of Kaczynski’s retreat from modern society or civilization, according to a comment by The New York Times.
He lived in a tent he built himself in rural Montana, gave up running water, read by the light of homemade candles, stopped filing federal taxes and lived off rabbits.
It was here that he had changes in perception and used the knowledge and research at school to create bombs. Kaczynski also expressed strong opposition to the directions of modern society, especially over-reliance on technology and industrialization. He called for a return to a simpler, more primitive way of life, free from the constraints and destructive effects of technological advances.
Kaczynski began nationwide acts of terrorism targeting individuals involved in modern technology. Over the course of 17 years, Kaczynski sent or planted homemade bombs, killing three people and injuring 23.
Kaczynski has been placed on the list of 100 most dangerous criminals in the world by the federal police and is most wanted. In 1995, he was arrested and sentenced to life in prison, after avoiding the death penalty but never receiving parole.
In 2023, Kaczynski died at a federal prison medical center in the town of Butner, North Carolina, at the age of 81.
Theodore John Kaczynski’s journey from successful mathematician to destructive man is a haunting story of intellectual brilliance derailed by the radical rejection of modern society.
The name Theodore John Kaczynski or the nickname Unabomber (letter bomber) that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) gave him still haunts a part of the American people, evoking reflection on the fragile balance. between intellectual mastery and moral responsibility.