For this week, the forbidden text that I read was the Unabomber manifesto, titled Industrial Society and Its Future, by Ted Kaczynski. The author, Kaczynski was well known for being the American domestic terrorist known as the Unabomber. The Unabomber would mail packages that would contain bombs inside them and he claimed 3 lives and injured many more until his capture in 1996. This manifesto was released a year before, in 1995 and in it he talks about how we are all caught up in an “Industrial Society” and that we all need to destroy the machines that rule over us and return to a pre-industrial society. I can see why this book is considered forbidden, as the whole legacy of the Unabomber is very negative and heavily looked down upon, however there are some points that are brought up in this manifesto that people still believe today. For example, the belief that society is constantly watching everyone and making sure that they are following in line is pretty false, unless you are someone of power or a celebrity. Another point that is brought up in here is the fact that we are letting technology control every aspect of ourselves and not allowing people to have their own opinions is very accurate and is probably going to get worse as the years go on.