There has been much talk about hacking for many years. Such is the nature of computers and relative technologies. We've seen hacking of companies' files of customers' information. We've seen hacking of personal computers. We've seen hacking of elections.
However, the hacking being addressed today is quite different and the most pervasive.
The short film below does, I believe, express this kind of hacking quite well. It comes from English animator and illustrator Steve Cutts. [website]
In his well-known novel 1984, author George Orwell includes the following quote...
"To hang on from day to day and from week to week, spinning out a present that
had no future, seemed an unconquerable instinct, just as one's lungs will always
draw the next breath so as there is air available." [pt 2, ch 5]
It certainly feels that way from many, many people -- not such much intentionally ignoring, but mere acquiescence. There is, however, another kind of ignorance that falls under self-absorption. The following quote from a stage adaptation of Orwell's novel is quite appropriate for today:
"The people will not revolt. They will not look up from their screens long enough
to notice what’s happening."
Thus, misdirection is the means; apathy is the end.
In short, the greatest hack of all time is right in front of us because it is us.
Terry
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