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.