Art forms that appeal to [leftists] tend to focus on ... defeat and despair ... as if there were no hope of accomplishing anything through rational calculation.
Theodore KaczynskiThe Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
Theodore KaczynskiMy occupation is an open question. I was once an assistant professor of mathematics. Since then, I have spent time living in the woods of Montana.
Theodore KaczynskiOur society tends to regard as a sickness any mode of thought or behavior that is inconvenient for the system and this is plausible because when an individual doesn't fit into the system it causes pain to the individual as well as problems for the system. Thus the manipulation of an individual to adjust him to the system is seen as a cure for a sickness and therefore as good.
Theodore Kaczynski