1/ On VALUE & RISK...On The Scale + Asymmetry of CREATION & DESTRUCTION
The cumulative amount of energy invested to CREATE something VALUED...is oft inversely (and asymmetrically) proportional to the ease and consequence to DESTROY it
Examples...
The cumulative amount of energy invested to CREATE something VALUED...is oft inversely (and asymmetrically) proportional to the ease and consequence to DESTROY it
Examples...
2/ One child spends 10mins CREATING a tall wooden tower of blocks
Another spends 1 sec tapping a block to DESTROY it
One person spends 10yrs CREATING a work of art, a book, a play
Another spends 10mins DESTROYING it in on a widely-read influential platform with a panning review
Another spends 1 sec tapping a block to DESTROY it
One person spends 10yrs CREATING a work of art, a book, a play
Another spends 10mins DESTROYING it in on a widely-read influential platform with a panning review
3/ One person spends 70 years CREATING a reputation, lives celebrated + praised
Same person spends 7 minutes to DESTROY it, dies in infamy + rejection
Things CREATED that are networked are more VALUABLE--and also more VULNERABLE if something were to DESTROY it
Same person spends 7 minutes to DESTROY it, dies in infamy + rejection
Things CREATED that are networked are more VALUABLE--and also more VULNERABLE if something were to DESTROY it
4/ 20 years ago billions of dollars were invested into something CREATED that is now so networked and VALUABLE it has become overlooked + underappreciated, VULNERABLE to be DESTROYED...
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6/ Some STATS
-97% of global comms are still transmitted thru cables lying deep beneath the oceans.
-Today’s network: 213 independent cable systems + 545,000 miles fiber
-$10T of financial transfers + 15 million financial transactions go across the cables
-97% of global comms are still transmitted thru cables lying deep beneath the oceans.
-Today’s network: 213 independent cable systems + 545,000 miles fiber
-$10T of financial transfers + 15 million financial transactions go across the cables
7/
-No alternative to using the undersea cables as satellite can’t yet handle the communications requirements the entire economy + society.
-The location of nearly every undersea cable is publicly available, making them targets
-No alternative to using the undersea cables as satellite can’t yet handle the communications requirements the entire economy + society.
-The location of nearly every undersea cable is publicly available, making them targets
8/ Who cares?
Russia.
Russia is actively running exercises near them.
Already digitally isolated Crimea cutting all comms.
Aggressively building its up Navy.
Including submarines that can specifically target + disrupt the undersea cables
Russia.
Russia is actively running exercises near them.
Already digitally isolated Crimea cutting all comms.
Aggressively building its up Navy.
Including submarines that can specifically target + disrupt the undersea cables
9/ Britain defense chief raising warning 2 weeks ago
10/ This is from April 2016...
11/ And most troubling...THIS is from TODAY...
