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The Net
Das Netz
2003 · Film · documentary · 121 min
Directed by Lutz Dammbeck
Explores the incredibly complex backstory of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber. This exquisitely crafted inquiry into the rationale of this mythic figure situates him within a late 20th century web of technology—a system that he grew to oppose. A marvelously subversive approach to the history of the Internet, this insightful documentary combines speculative travelogue and investigative journalism to trace contrasting countercultural responses to the cybernetic revolution.
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Carefully structured and informative documentary on TK including a segment with Gelernter:
THE NET (Daz Net) (2003)
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0434231/
Summary from iMDB:
//Ultimately stunning in its revelations, Lutz Dammbeck's THE NET explores the complex backstory of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber.//
YT link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn9BvNAUvcU
TK was experimented upon in various ways while a teenage student at Harvard during the time that Leary and Alpert were getting into trouble.
There were several overlapping programs going on using Sandoz pharma at the same time, some connected to mind-control programs.
Naturally, the more pertinent records relating to MK-Ultra and TK were lost in mysterious circumstances
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/12/the-unabomber-the-cia-and-lsd/
There's a German documentary about TK's ordeals called The Net (2003), in which details are explored regarding TK history, his deteriorating state of mind and connections to his targets.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0434231/
yeah, that was also my first association when I read Gelernter. remembered him from the movie Das Netz:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Netz