Pipeline Hack Prepares Us For an Ominous Future

Posted on by serenitisparkles

Over the past 30 years, the US as well as the rest of the world has become more reliant on technology and networking capabilities. Computer science controls most of our major functions as a society. We have been able to supply more than ever before because of this technology, yet the danger to humanity is also more present.

It isn’t that technology itself will kill us off, or harm us directly. It is the indirect, the ability for someone to hack into a system that millions depend on for their livelihood that will be the greatest threat to us all.

The Colonial Pipeline hack is merely the beginning of what the future holds and what we should fear most. Criminal hackers, looking to gain more money and power, shut down a system, and sent the entire East Coast into a frenzy.

Go to a gas station today, watch as the need for gas, and limited supply turn people against each other. Watch as people fight to grab the last gallon of gas. Imagine this lasted for weeks or months. People would lose money, be unable to provide food/shelter, be unable to leave their homes, all because the gas pipeline was interrupted. Think about what that would do to our inherent nature to survive, by any means necessary.

When we as humans, put all of our main sources of daily life into a computer system, we become weak. We are at the behest of any and all hackers capable of interrupting these systems.

Today, it is the gas pipeline, tomorrow it could be the food chain, or the water supply, or even the entire banking system. Can you imagine if any of these were taken over by hackers? It isn’t if it will happen, but when and will we be prepared to survive?

The World Has Become More Scared, Not More Dangerous

Posted on by serenitisparkles

In order to explain this notion in its entirety, and to have my readers fully understand the full meaning behind it, I’m going to take you back in time.

Let’s talk Serial Killers, for instance. Killers with the most gruesome and dark stories, repeated over and over because they couldn’t yet be caught. These killers were able to evade the system and torment cities around the country for weeks, months, and even years until their capture. But where are they today?

The data suggests that the peak in serial killing happened in the 80’s. Story after story, life after life lost, and news reporting on it. Yet today, we hear of these stories, as they still do exist, but the rate has declined to almost nothing compared to what they were in years past. It’s just very unlikely that today, with facial recognition, that anyone get away with murder after murder.

Media is where these stories were told, but in the 1980’s we had a light flow of media around us. When we would turn on the tv, or read a newspaper, there these stories would be, but we would have to access them. We would have to make the first move before we indulged in the days horrors. And only the big stories would make it across the country for all to read or view.

Today, everywhere you look, every few seconds of your life, you are being told a story by the media. The media is no longer something we access, but something that has access to all of us. Imagine the one who told scary stories needed to keep your attention all day. Do you think you would fear more, or less? Think about it.