Two things:
First, I think that Hughes' tactics and strategy are about the coolest f---ing thing I have ever witnessed come out of stodgy corporate America. I challenge anyone to point to another company that would a) be willing to think this far out of the box and b) have the cojones to play it out.
Second, wouldn't it be even cooler (if you had to work FOR someone) to work with these people. this is black ops skunkworks sh-t. this is the real deal.
why do americans put up with and even contribute to infringements on their privacy?
because we are, in the main, a gullible and stupid herd and we don't get it and we'll never get it since that would mean we have to sit down and think about it and then we would have to overcome our latent assumptions of trust that it could never happen to us. how could we possibly do this and not miss another riveting episode of SURVIVOR?
ugh. what a CHUNKBLOWER.
in a society where we seem to be defining ourselves based on our consumerist tendencies (do people who drink starbucks actually like the coffee? or are they just posers?), we reap what we sow.
for those of us who don't mind thinking occasionally, live by one rule: never trust The Man. The Man will take your money and won't care. The best way to thwart The Man is to turn his tools against him. F the Man. and F the Stupids too. it's simply the mob mentality that has gotten us where we are today in terms of privacy. must have the latest and greatest. must get more, even though i'm not really sure what i'm getting.
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Two things: First, I think that Hughes' tactics and strategy are about the coolest f---ing thing I have ever witnessed come out of stodgy corporate America. I challenge anyone to point to another company that would a) be willing to think this far out of the box and b) have the cojones to play it out. Second, wouldn't it be even cooler (if you had to work FOR someone) to work with these people. this is black ops skunkworks sh-t. this is the real deal.
why do americans put up with and even contribute to infringements on their privacy?
because we are, in the main, a gullible and stupid herd and we don't get it and we'll never get it since that would mean we have to sit down and think about it and then we would have to overcome our latent assumptions of trust that it could never happen to us. how could we possibly do this and not miss another riveting episode of SURVIVOR?
ugh. what a CHUNKBLOWER.
in a society where we seem to be defining ourselves based on our consumerist tendencies (do people who drink starbucks actually like the coffee? or are they just posers?), we reap what we sow.
for those of us who don't mind thinking occasionally, live by one rule: never trust The Man. The Man will take your money and won't care. The best way to thwart The Man is to turn his tools against him. F the Man. and F the Stupids too. it's simply the mob mentality that has gotten us where we are today in terms of privacy. must have the latest and greatest. must get more, even though i'm not really sure what i'm getting.