Roy Follendore III
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Roy Follendore III commented on What are the risks of centralizing information? on January 16, 2008, 2:39 AM
Anyone who has been a security consultant knows that the Government is not transparent. They also know the problems and concerns with centralizing information. On one side, the how and why the Government works is a secret if not a mystery. The Government attempts to force the population to do things in ways that make it easier for the Government not for people. Half of the reason why it appears to be the least bit sympathetic is because it is so incompetent. The employees who do the actual work remain unknown. The politicians and bureaucrats within the Government give credit to those who they choose to give credit. Government managers put %u2018their%u2019 people into roles for self-serving reasons. Therefore, no one ever really knows who did what or why. There is no real identity within such a bureaucratic system as the Government, so why should the members of such a system be concerned with the risks of the centralization of information. The technical security tools exist to control the content in a decentralized manner. That fact is ignored because the centralized accumulation of information is associated with power and authority when it is actually the control of centralized information, which is the actual %u201Ckey%u201D to power.
Roy Follendore III commented on Re: What are the great issues facing the legal system today? on January 16, 2008, 2:16 AM
The greatest issue is the choice to use the law in restrictive ways that continue to erode individual free will. My opinion is that the law should be specified in ways that more about what is allowed than what is not. Having worked with rule based expert systems I recognize that it is a mistake to narrow life in such a precarious and capricious manner because it leads to too many unforeseen and inescapable consequences.
Roy Follendore III commented on What are the risks of centralizing information? on January 15, 2008, 9:39 PM
Anyone who has been a security consultant knows that the Government is not transparent. They also know the problems and concerns with centralizing information. On one side, the how and why the Government works is a secret if not a mystery. The Government attempts to force the population to do things in ways that make it easier for the Government not for people. Half of the reason why it appears to be the least bit sympathetic is because it is so incompetent. The employees who do the actual work remain unknown. The politicians and bureaucrats within the Government give credit to those who they choose to give credit. Government managers put %u2018their%u2019 people into roles for self-serving reasons. Therefore, no one ever really knows who did what or why. There is no real identity within such a bureaucratic system as the Government, so why should the members of such a system be concerned with the risks of the centralization of information. The technical security tools exist to control the content in a decentralized manner. That fact is ignored because the centralized accumulation of information is associated with power and authority when it is actually the control of centralized information, which is the actual %u201Ckey%u201D to power.
Roy Follendore III commented on Re: What are the great issues facing the legal system today? on January 15, 2008, 9:16 PM
The greatest issue is the choice to use the law in restrictive ways that continue to erode individual free will. My opinion is that the law should be specified in ways that more about what is allowed than what is not. Having worked with rule based expert systems I recognize that it is a mistake to narrow life in such a precarious and capricious manner because it leads to too many unforeseen and inescapable consequences.
Roy Follendore III commented on Will upcoming generations of youth be increasingly isolated and superficial? on January 16, 2008, 3:17 AM
I see what you are saying but this is not new and I therefore am not as sympathetic that there is as much a problem as you seem to state. What we are witnessing is the basic truth that we human beings have always been isolated and we tend to act to remain isolated. The fact is that we are all communicating more than ever. People are actors who tend to cooperate in their roles through intellectual fads. Fads are psychological trends that arise from group dynamics rather than truly intelligent cognitive acts of individuals. People do change their minds about things because a lifetime can be a very long time.. It is the human ability to transcend self induced intellectual isolation through communication that should be considered with equal regard.