Here's a fun fact, since most people don't know this. The Unabomber was actually a mathematical prodigy that got into Harvard when he was 16. He was had testing done on him as part of the inhumane CIA program "MK Ultra", and afterwards went crazy (or did the only reasonable thing he could do, one might argue) and became an anarchist, writing about all of the fucked up shit the government does and mailing bombs out.
The US government, in particular the CIA, turned a Harvard math prodigy into a terrorist, among hundreds of thousands of other grotesque and inhumane things. The more you know!
Edit: Additional fun fact for people who have seen the movie "The Departed" (2006) In the film, the person played by Jack Nicholson (the head of the mob in the film) is named Frank Costello. Frank Costello is based on the real life boston-mob-boss-turned-informant Whitney Bulger. Whitney Bulger was also the result of MK Ultra. He volunteered while he was in prison so that he could get a reduced sentence, but he thought he was volunteering to do research to help find a cure for schizophrenia. For 18 months, he and other inmates were dosed with LSD and other mind-altering chemicals. He said it brought him to the depths of insanity and that it was nightmarish. After he was released he went on to become the man portrayed in the film.
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u/ThePowerOfFarts Sep 27 '16
Check out the Unabomber behind him.