Posted by Wiley
August 18, 2015
August 18, 2015
TheSometimes we need to just sit down, take a load off, and contemplate the things happening around us that offer both great hope for the future along with great fear. We are generally pleased with the many ways in which advances in science and technology have improved our lives with nearly instantaneous broadcasting of the news, along with greater access to data and information through computers and the internet. We marvel at four-year-olds managing complex electronic games on an i-Pod. Even a trip to another planet (Mars is being mentioned) may not be so far off. When I was growing up we did not have a television, or telephone, or an inside toilet
And yet, there are those today who (for a variety of reasons) seek to slow down the rush to tomorrow. There is indeed a number of both short range and long range problems associated with the internet in regard to privacy and security -- especially the difficult task of preventing computer savvy individuals from "Hacking" into systems deemed secure, and stealing data, or documentation -- including Government secrets.
We must press on...into the darkness with our fear. We can do this if we believe that there is still a better day to come.. Recognizing that in my small world, things have changed far beyond any thing a young Black man born in Alabama nearly 80 years ago could have expected.. Of course, there are things to worry bout such as the current dysfunctional condition of the U. S. Congress. Another is the growth of suicide bombings in the Middle East. Add to these nuclear weapons and Climate Change. No one knows how or when these conditions will end. Where there is life, there is hope for the future.
Today one of the main objectives of many politicians and pundits in the press is to create conflict between the Government and the people of this country -- especially political conflict. Do not buy the political crap that things will get better if you let Cable News piss on the Government!
