Industrial Society and It's Future by Dr. Ted Kaczynski. Remind them that he wrote it while living off grid in a log cabin. It predicted this world 30 years before it happened.
I have that book, it is straightforward, short and easy to read. A lot of people could probably read it without ever recognizing the author.
Was he set up? His own brother turned him in.
The story goes his brother recognized his odd phraseology when he got his manifesto out and called it in. "Cool-headed logistians" or something.
The NYT published his manifesto with FBI permission and then they put out notices asking if anyone recognized the writing style. His own brother called the FBI to report him...
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