We live in an age technologically designed to put us on top, but does it? All is well, as long as everything works...What happens when it doesn't?
I think we have become too complacent with the situation and if things do go wrong(quit working) we can COMPLAIN? Well, We all know what good that does. Besides, how are you going to call anyone if the phone don't work, and EVEN if you do get through, you find yourself being passed from one voice to another. Chances are that voice is a million miles away and either can't do anything about it, or just don't really care(It's just a job).
We have become slaves to our technology and have(literally) put most of our eggs in one basket. Too many things can go wrong, then we find ourselves, totally, HELPLESS...
As we are beginning to realize, it isn't just a matter of equipment failure that might take us down, but now we hear of so many cases of people getting into the systems and taking control. Unknown individuals or foreign interests(not our interests) that are stealing the security, that we have worked so hard to acquire and maintain. Spies, both industrial and military; all with no good will towards us, as a nation...
Many years ago, when I was in the Military, we were given a demonstration of tactics use by our enemies at the time(During the cold war). Even, while technology had not yet made the advances we have now, in many respects we should have been way ahead of the game, BUT...even then, there was the ever present danger of losing our communications on the battlefield.
What the demonstration(by an allied friendly force) pointed out was, that our enemies(no names) had already PLANNED for such an event. Their troops were still trained to use simple tools, like flags...and bugles, to signal among their units. As long as they had a man standing, they maintained their ability to communicate. IF our radios and such went down...we couldn't communicate; we were running around in confusion.
We are not on the battlefield at the moment, but the danger is no less there. IF either the power goes off or somebody just blitzes our computers, everything stops. We are helpless to do business, pay for the gas we just pumped; Any number of emergencies that would result from a loss of our smoothly running machines . Have you ever tried to communicate with your bank and (if you're lucky) get a recording, telling you the computer is down...Call back later! If you happen to be in the middle of a crisis, there MAY NOT be a later...
I think we have become too complacent with the situation and if things do go wrong(quit working) we can COMPLAIN? Well, We all know what good that does. Besides, how are you going to call anyone if the phone don't work, and EVEN if you do get through, you find yourself being passed from one voice to another. Chances are that voice is a million miles away and either can't do anything about it, or just don't really care(It's just a job).
We have become slaves to our technology and have(literally) put most of our eggs in one basket. Too many things can go wrong, then we find ourselves, totally, HELPLESS...
What the demonstration(by an allied friendly force) pointed out was, that our enemies(no names) had already PLANNED for such an event. Their troops were still trained to use simple tools, like flags...and bugles, to signal among their units. As long as they had a man standing, they maintained their ability to communicate. IF our radios and such went down...we couldn't communicate; we were running around in confusion.
We are not on the battlefield at the moment, but the danger is no less there. IF either the power goes off or somebody just blitzes our computers, everything stops. We are helpless to do business, pay for the gas we just pumped; Any number of emergencies that would result from a loss of our smoothly running machines . Have you ever tried to communicate with your bank and (if you're lucky) get a recording, telling you the computer is down...Call back later! If you happen to be in the middle of a crisis, there MAY NOT be a later...
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