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Ted Kaczynski, Known as the Unabomber, Dies by Suicide in Prison at 81

  • Kaczynski carried out a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others before pleading guilty in 1998.
  • Kaczynski was a former Harvard math prodigy and UC Berkeley professor who became a recluse opposed to modern technology.
  • Kaczynski's anti-tech manifesto and bombing spree made him an object of fascination for some opposed to modernity.
  • Elon Musk tweeted that Kaczynski "might not be wrong" in his warnings about technology's threat to humanity.
  • Kaczynski's death has renewed scrutiny of prison officials' handling of high-profile inmates, as with Jeffrey Epstein.
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