yes! I thought the same when reading, and had to share.
Incidentally, Kelly has been posting on "The Technium" for a while now. I added him to my blog roll because I respect his experience and have really enjoyed many of the things his written in the past.
He's allegedly using The Technium to help develop his thoughts for his next book. Many of his early posts were a little too cerebral for my tastes, but he must be getting a lot closer to pulling his book together -- his more recent posts have been more grounded.
That, or I'm just in one of those moods. (shrug) Either way, he's not leaving my blogroll.
but didn't get as many replies as I expected. I think a lot of the Unabomber's ideas are characteristic of one kind of thinking by people unacquainted with economics, but perhaps you are more acquainted with economics than I am.
I don't think it has anything to do with economics.
The passages that strike me as somehow right have very little to do with economics, more with ecology and ethics.
What makes the Unabomber a scary individual is that he's a reasonably smart guy.
I don't know if this rings a bell or not but there is a movie called 'falling down', I have the exact same feeling about the main character in that movie. Of course then they have to graft on some typical hollywood ending and spoil it all, but roughly 3/4 of the movie you totally sympathize with the guy. (or at least I did).
The scary thing when I read all that is that I find yourself agreeing with much of the Unabombers premises, even if I can't agree with his conclusion.