Not North Korea

This was on Techmeme days ago.

That's right, some security expert knows more than the government. The same intelligence agencies we've sacrificed our privacy to in order to be safe.

The President stands up and denounces a country based on the protestations of an ignorant film studio, corroborated by the intelligence gang that can't shoot straight. And we're supposed to trust these people to lead and keep us safe?

But it turns out the hackers, both good and bad, the lone rogues, are better than the system. Especially in science, those who go their own way are the ones responsible for breakthroughs, not those reading the WSJ for office tips and networking on LinkedIn.

Social, schmocial. There's a fantasy that if we all just self-promote and raise the noise in the echo chamber that things will work out. But the truth is as a result of the internet we all just pay attention to those we agree with and shout down those we don't. And the best and the brightest go into banking and those with no social skills push the envelope. Come on, was Steve Jobs nice? Mark Zuckerberg?

It's a fascinating time to be alive, when a President gets it so wrong and one can reach the world from your laptop.

Assuming anyone is listening. Assuming you can break through the noise.

No one is guaranteed to be popular. No one is guaranteed to be rich. And it looks like no government has the power to get it right.

My sources tell me it's an inside job.

But take that rumor with a grain of salt.

One thing we know is a group of nobodies has brought not only a movie studio, but a whole country to its knees.

But Congresspeople are voting for more tanks. And rather than study computer science, the unwashed want to be on reality TV, networks pound their chests over the ratings of inane singing shows.

Turns out that the smart and insightful inherit the earth.

Not the dumb and beautiful, no matter how aggressive.

As for baby boomers... They believe bluster triumphs.

Ain't that a laugh.


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