We have become exceptionally capable of reproducing (our, collective) insecurity in the name of security.
Tag: technological dependence
A civilisation builds systems to solve its problems, then discovers that the systems have become the problems, while its dependence upon them has made their continuity deeply problematic.
Technology is extraordinary. It extends memory, speed, coordination, reach, and control. But it also carries a persistent deception. Not because it is unreal, but because it repeatedly presents open systems as though they could be made to feel closed. Cybersecurity makes this especially clear. There is no final safety, no completed perimeter, no settled technical […]
