| | The oldest child of a Polish-American couple, Wanda and Theodore,<ref name=biography.com/> Kaczynski received his Ph.D. in mathematics from University of Michigan in 1967. His dissertation entitled ''Boundary Functions'' received was judged as the best dissertation of that year, winning him a prize. From mid-1967 until July 1969 Kaczynski served as an assistant professor at [[UCLA|University of California]] at Berkeley. In July 1969, Kaczynski resigned his position as assistant professor and moved into the woods of [[Montana]] to live as a hermit. | | The oldest child of a Polish-American couple, Wanda and Theodore,<ref name=biography.com/> Kaczynski received his Ph.D. in mathematics from University of Michigan in 1967. His dissertation entitled ''Boundary Functions'' received was judged as the best dissertation of that year, winning him a prize. From mid-1967 until July 1969 Kaczynski served as an assistant professor at [[UCLA|University of California]] at Berkeley. In July 1969, Kaczynski resigned his position as assistant professor and moved into the woods of [[Montana]] to live as a hermit. |
| − | After his campaign of mail bombings, Kaczynski wrote an essay titled ''Industrial Society and its Future'' (later dubbed the ''Unabomber Manifesto''); in it, he described the motives for his terrorism activities. He claimed that technological progress in society from the [[Industrial Revolution]] onwards had brought and would continue to bring about repressed individual liberties, decreased human intelligence, and increased violence and crime. As such, he had a low opinion of the [[Internet]]. He promised that the terrorism would end if the essay were published, and major newspapers published it. Although Kaczynski dubbed himself an "anarchist", other anarchists disagree as to whether his manifesto truly represents an anarchist critique of technology. There is also little indication that he ever had any contact or involvement with the anarchist movement prior to his arrest.<ref>[http://www.allserialkillers.com/information_on_the_unbomber.htm Information On The Unabomber]</ref> | + | After his campaign of mail bombings, Kaczynski wrote an essay titled ''Industrial Society and its Future'' (later dubbed the ''Unabomber Manifesto''); in it, he described the motives for his terrorism activities. He claimed that technological progress in society from the [[Industrial Revolution]] onwards had brought and would continue to bring about repressed individual liberties, decreased human intelligence, and increased violence and crime. As such, he had a low opinion of the [[Internet]]. He promised that the terrorism would end if the essay were published, and major newspapers published it. Although Kaczynski dubbed himself an "anarchist", other anarchists disagree as to whether his manifesto truly represents an anarchist critique of technology. There is also little indication that he ever had any contact or involvement with the anarchist movement prior to his arrest.<ref>[http://www.allserialkillers.com/information_on_the_unbomber.htm Information On The Unabomber]</ref> On April 3, 1996, Kaczynski was arrested and subsequently sentenced to life in prison. |
| | He was involved in various <i>liberal</i> activities.<ref>Cal Thomas, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19960411&id=t6cyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4uYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3106,3469130&hl=en Did Liberalism Spur Unabomber?], Lawrence Journal-World, Apr 11, 1996</ref> | | He was involved in various <i>liberal</i> activities.<ref>Cal Thomas, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19960411&id=t6cyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4uYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3106,3469130&hl=en Did Liberalism Spur Unabomber?], Lawrence Journal-World, Apr 11, 1996</ref> |