The FBI is scouring the country for the Unabomber–but is their search a classic case of misdirection? The best place to hide, they say, is right out in the open. Maybe the Unabomber is one of the most visible men in America. Maybe he’s Bill Gates. Think about it. A close study reveals some suspicious similarities. Consider the evidence and ask yourself: why have Bill Gates and the Unabomber never been seen together in public?
Shy loner. Prefers to communicate via E-mail and corporate mergers. Is definitely a white male in his 40s with high intelligence–who prefers to be left alone.
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UNABOMBER
Knows how to get attention. His literary debut, the manifesto “The Industrial Society and Its Future,” was heralded by a massive publicity campaign via wide press coverage both before and after its publication in the Washington Post.
BILL GATES
His writing notes the unqualified faith some people put in science and technology and sounds a cautionary note: “A great deal of information is being gathered about each of us, by private companies as well as by government agencies, and we often have no idea how it is used or whether it is accurate…I find the prospect of documented lives a little chilling, but some people will warm to the idea.”
