Metaviews

The Internet was designed to be a decentralized communications network that could survive a catastrophic event such as a nuclear attack. In doing away with a centre, a network of networks could be resilient enough to manage if not transcend an isolated incident or a key node going offline.

We’re in the midst of what may be the largest computer security incident in years, or decades, or maybe even to date. And while it is both severe and geopolitically important, it also illustrates the hypocrisy that surrounds cybersecurity.

Yesterday (Monday) I woke up and was anxious that I did not receive a copy of the newsletter. My concern was that if I didn’t get a copy, others didn’t. I checked substack and it showed the issue was sent out. Why had I not received it?

While the antitrust action against Facebook was anticipated, the lawsuits filed this week, one by the FTC, and another by 46 US states (plus DC and Guam), are nonetheless bold, and foster cautious optimism that the era of digital robber barons could be coming to an end.

We’re a couple of weeks away from the darkest day of the year, and while there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, what if that light is a train headed towards us and not an exit from the situation we’re in?

A key ingredient towards understanding technology is an understanding of media. Not that either are ever truly accomplished, as the consequence of the medium being the message is that we and our media/technology are always changing.