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18If we conclude that Kaczynski is not schizophrenic, where are we? He does betray, in hisactions, his writings, and his interviews, qualities of those “serious problems” he alludes to in theinterview cited above, and it is of interest to highlight them. Probably most striking in theinterviews is his utter lack of remorse for his actions. He doesn’t even allow the question toarise. This man, who can be so reflective on the subject of technology in modern life, seemsquite incapable of the most basic reflection on the rightness or wrongness of murdering innocentpeople in the service of disseminating his message. Or to put this in other terms, he shows nointerest or capacity for wondering whether murdering individuals in the service of a social causeis at the least a questionable project.We can put this lack of remorse along side his attitude toward his brother, whose act ofturning him in Kaczynski views purely and simply as the spiteful, jealous act of a youngerbrother who was the less favored by their parents and couldn’t resist the opportunity to one-uphis superior, older brother. As before, Kaczynski doesn’t even allow the possibility that hisbrother may have been acting for other motives, such as trying to prevent further murders.Then, there are character traits like hatred, envy and revenge. These feelings pervade theinterviews as well as much of the writings. Let me cite once again the statement in hisautobiography following a failed visit to a psychiatrist while in graduate school. Kaczynskiwrites: “Like a Phoenix, I burst from the ashes of my despair to a glorious new hope. I thought Iwanted to kill that psychiatrist because the future looked utterly empty to me. I felt I wouldn'tcare if I died. And so I said to myself why not really kill the psychiatrist and anyone else whom Ihate. What is important is not the words that ran through my mind but the way I felt about them.What was entirely new was the fact that I really felt I could kill someone. My very hopelessnesshad liberated me because I no longer cared about death. I no longer cared about consequences