Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security. | |
― John Allen Paulos | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Living Art |
Day 7: Week 1 – Mathematics | |
2018 | Hey, #45: Are We Sick Of Winning, Yet? |
Day 40: Wrists | |
2017 | Heart Vision |
2016 | A Labor Day / Pre-Election Hope |
Trust Me, Too | |
2015 | Without Hope |
Things Known And Unknown | |
2014 | A Wall Too High, A Bridge Too Far |
2013 | Glory = Danger |
Chicago Magic | |
Feelin’ It | |
2012 | How Did We Get Here? |
2011 | Labor Day Weekend Mishmash |
More, More, More | |
Posts Tagged ‘Security’
Are You Sure?
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Certainty, Insecurity, John Allen Paulos, Philosophy, Quotes, Security, Uncertainty on September 5, 2020| 2 Comments »
Pushing The Envelope
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Gail Sheehy, Growth, Philosophy, Quotes, Security on December 14, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. | |
— Gail Sheehy | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | The Price Of Justice Is (Sometimes) Security |
2017 | Time Too |
2016 | The Cornerstone Pays |
2015 | Would That This Be True |
2014 | More Likely |
2013 | Enjoyed The Desolation |
Watching Faux News | |
2012 | Speaking Of Products |
2011 | Ready To Be Immortal? |
A Temporary Surrender
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Change, Gail Sheehy, Growth, Living, Philosophy, Quotes, Security, Surrender on August 16, 2019| 3 Comments »
If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. | |
— Gail Sheehy | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | I Am Spartacus |
The Privilege Of Milking | |
Day 20: Relief | |
2017 | Try Not To Run Short, Too |
2016 | I Feel The Same (Thankful) |
2015 | It Couldn’t Hurt |
2014 | Sir, I Have Reasoned It Out! |
2013 | What Are We Becoming? |
2012 | Miracles |
2011 | “W” Finds A Nut! |
2010 | No Strain At All, But I’m Not Sure About Stress… |
An Evening at the Pavilion… | |
Is Anyone ELSE Out There Listening?
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Philosophy, tagged Affiliates, Amazon, Apple, Artificial Intelligence, Corporate America, Ethics, Family, Google, Illusion, Linguistics, Microsoft, Philosophy, Sarah, Security, Siri on January 18, 2019| 2 Comments »
My daughter is a linguistics major (BA graduate) from Cal. Last night we were discussing artificial intelligence and she stated she doubted she could work in the IT industry because she questioned the ethics of corporate America. | |
I asked: “Why?” | |
She said a co-worker approached her at her desk and asked her about a product she (the co-worker) was interested in buying. My daughter said as an aside that this was nothing she had ever thought about, considered for her own purchase or searched on or about on the web. However, the next time she picked up her iPhone (within one hour of the conversation), she began receiving Ad placements for the product they had been discussing. | |
I replied she must have left her Siri turned on. She said, yes, but she had never actually said the name / product type herself. Only the co-worker had done that. She added, she was less concerned if it (Siri) had done the listening for her specific voice, but she didn’t approve of it listening in on others (not her voice), too. | |
I then reminded her that ALL security is an illusion and your confidence in the security is based on the amount of money you are willing to spend on maintaining the illusion. (Which led to a completely different discussion…) Of course, Siri / Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft are “listening” in and monitoring all of our searches and selling that information on to other corporations, who in turn convert our “hot leads” into sales offers – and they, of course, store our data and forward it on to other “affiliates”. And so the cycle continues… After all, it’s just good business. Right? And, if anyone else is listening in along with them, too? Well, that’s just good government keeping us “safe”. Right? | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Defining Characteristic |
2017 | Just Asking |
2016 | Still A Burden |
15 And Counting | |
2015 | All A Game |
2014 | Two Thoughts |
2013 | RIP – Dear Abby |
Half-Life Problems | |
2012 | To The Soul… |
2011 | Reverted!! |
Ridiculous Idea
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged Billy Perrigo, Cambridge Analytica, Christopher Wylie, Digital Spaces, Politics, Quotes, Security, TheBrief TIME with..., Time Magazine, Whistle-Blower, Whistle-blower Christopher Wylie on life after taking down Cambridge Analytica on December 11, 2018| 5 Comments »
The idea that we should trust the security of our digital spaces to private companies that have no accountability except to themselves is ridiculous. | |
— Christopher Wylie | |
(Whistle-blower programmer / analyst at Cambridge Analytica) | |
Quoted by: Billy Perrigo | |
From the interview / article: “TheBrief TIME with… Whistle-blower Christopher Wylie on life after taking down Cambridge Analytica“ | |
Appearing in Time Magazine, dtd: 1 October 2018 | |
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2017 | Waddle On! |
A Severe Challenge — When The President Is A Liar | |
2016 | The Best Of Circumstances |
2015 | Reverberating Silence |
2014 | Wrong Again? |
2013 | Improper Faith |
2012 | One More Rung |
2011 | Sunday Morning Earlies (Hugging trees and smiling…) |
Hurry | |
Updates On Life | |
2010 | It’s Gettin’ Deep In Here |