*DISCLAIMER: The author wishes to clarify that this article in no way approves, endorses, or validates the violent actions carried out by Ted Kaczynski, nor does it diminish the pain inflicted on his victims and their families to which the author wholeheartedly extends his solidarity. The author explicitly condemns all forms of violence and terrorism.

Some who read the title of this article might think I am looking to be provocative, but I am not; this is a serious analysis of the industrial revolution and its consequences for humanity that Ted Kaczynski criticized in his Unabomber Manifesto.

In the last meeting of Dizengoff Writers Group, when commenting on my article “Born to Fly”, Nathan Lyons said that I was a Luddite.

First, I thought this was a venereal disease, but then he explained that a Luddite is anyone opposed to new technology, especially computers and automation.

Historically, the term refers to early 19th-century English textile workers who smashed machinery in protest against job losses and poor working conditions.

“By G-d, I thought, that is exactly what I am!

I do not oppose technology in general; I oppose the internet revolution and openly oppose generative AI. I believe in technology that serves the human being.

Ted Kaczynski was a former Harvard-educated mathematics professor who waged, in the 80s and 90s of the last century, a 17-year mail bombing campaign across the United States, killing 3 people and injuring 23. He was........

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