Thursday, October 18, 2018

The Unabomber, Enjoy the Decline, and Mythical Cassandras

An Asshole Consulting request turns out to produce a rather deep and philosophical video on serenity, stoicism, mental illness, and enjoying the decline.

1 comment:

A Texan said...

I read this thing. He made some good points, but I disagree with his methods. Too bad he did not direct his ire at politicians who truly would have deserved such a gift from him.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/unabomber/manifesto.text.htm?noredirect=on

"The Unabomber Trial: The Manifesto
Editor's Note: This is the text of a 35,000-word manifesto as submitted to The Washington Post and the New York Times by the serial mail bomber called the Unabomber. The manifesto appeared in The Washington Post as an eight-page supplement that was not part of the news sections. This document contains corrections that appeared in the Friday, Sept. 22, 1995 editions of Washington Post. The text was sent in June, 1995 to The New York Times and The Washington Post by the person who calls himself “FC,” identified by the FBI as the Unabomber, whom authorities have implicated in three murders and 16 bombings. The author threatened to send a bomb to an unspecified destination “with intent to kill” unless one of the newspapers published this manuscript. The Attorney General and the Director of the FBI recommended publication."