You might know him
As the Unabomber.
He wrote that eventually
Technology would put
An end to human freedom
And dignity.
A Child prodigy
Who empathized
With animals
And grew to become
The youngest math
Professor at the University
Where he taught
Just long enough
To swing up a little
Land and a smaller
Shack, where he lived
His beliefs, unlike 99
Percent of so-called
Humanity. But of course
The roads followed him,
And when he realized
They’d never leave him be,
He brought the battle to
Them. And you feel badly
For those who caught
The shrapnel of his
Revenge, but at the
Same time you read
That a social media
Mogul is meeting
With scientists, and
Because you read,
You imagine children of
The future being programmed
To believe that all the cool kids
Take the chip which condemns
Them to transmit their thoughts
Instantly to their so-called
Friends, making any unapproved
Beliefs impossible, which
Would be the end of human
Freedom and dignity. And
Then you have the crazy
Thought that just maybe
Guys like Ted might be
The only defense. But then you
Remember the exploded
Innocent. And that’s the
Greatest crime: taking
Innocent life. So don’t
Worry, I’m not about to
Blow up
Anyone, because even if
I did believe it was the
Only way, which I don’t,
I can’t believe humanity
At present values freedom
And dignity anyway.
And let’s not forget
That the world is a place
Where treason reigns,
Even among brothers.
–FB
Musings, Mutterings, and Condemnations 