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Comment by acuozzo

13 hours ago

I don't condone what he did, but...

1. His intention wasn't to destroy in order to build resilience.

2. His targets weren't random.

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HKH2  3 hours ago

He saw a tech-dependent society as being fragile. Towards the end of the book he talked about subverting the current system which he clearly wanted to destroy before it got out of hand.

hyperdimension  9 hours ago

I'm dense. Who are you two talking about?

  • acuozzo  7 hours ago

    Unabomber

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