an appendix to pearlofcivilization.net
https://www.hoover.org/research/rubicon
Dan Geer on the state of cybersecurity.
Time is irreversible. To make something timeless is to make it irreversible. We want our security assertions to be irreversible meaning timeless, or timeless meaning irreversible.
https://warontherocks.com/2018/02/wall-wall-fortresses-fail/
Building a border wall may seem simplistic, or a failure to address the real adversary, but the concept of a grand defensive wall isn’t just ancient, it’s still central to the way we do all kinds security. The problem may be less with the wall itself, for what it is, and more with the fact that we keep depending too much on fortification and, by doing so, centralizing risks.
