The Important Thing About Security Systems Isn’t

Freedom Is Something You Have To Take For Yourself.

I'm 17 Years Old. I'm Not A Straight-a Student Or Anything. Even So, I Figured Out How To Make An Internet That They Can't Wiretap. I Figured Out How To Jam Their Person-tracking Technology. I Can Turn Innocent People Into Suspects And Turn Guilty People Into Innocents In Their Eyes. I Could Get Metal Onto An Airplane Or Beat A No-fly List. I Figured This Stuff Out By Looking At The Web And By Thinking About It. If I Can Do It, Terrorists Can Do It. They Told Us They Took Away Our Freedom To Make Us Safe. Do You Feel Safe?

The Opposite Of Esprit D'escalier Is The Way That Life's Embarrassments Come Back To Haunt Us Even After They're Long Past. I Could Remember Every Stupid Thing I'd Ever Said Or Done, Recall Them With Picture-perfect Clarity. Any Time I Was Feeling Low, I'd Naturally Start To Remember Other Times I Felt That Way, A Hit Parade Of Humiliations Coming One After Another To My Mind.

It's The Stupid Questions That Have Some Of The Most Surprising And Interesting Answers. Most People Never Think To Ask The Stupid Questions.

The Fact Is, Almost Everything You Do Is Collaborative. Somewhere Out There, Someone Else Had A Hand It It.