I really wish that Kaczynski had found better (i.e. not completely insane and immoral) ways to raise awareness of his ideas. He definitely had some insights into the problems technology causes for society, but I feel like his ideas became tainted by the utter madness he pursued for the sake of his ideas.
If he hadn't done what he had done then we almost certainly never would have heard of him and his manifesto.
"The Kaczynski paradox" is a problem for a number (not all) of terrorists or terrorists groups, where fundamentally they have a good point, but also use unacceptable means to bring attention to these points.
Sure, there's truth to that. Doesn't just apply to a terrorism context, either. I forget which essay it was, but Scott Alexander pointed out that while everyone hates PETA, nobody has heard of the animal rights activism orgs which behave responsibly. Still, even if nobody would have heard of Kaczynski or his ideas, it seems to me like that's better than a world in which everyone has heard of his ideas but they aren't allowed to be taken seriously in polite society because of the association with his actions.
