After 10 Years in Tech Isolation, I’m Now Outsider to Things I Once Had Mastered

[kradeelav]

this article hit me harder than expected, in a lot of ways. lotta good quotes here.

 

The proliferation of destructive cyberweapons has become commonplace. It’s become the new way of things. As I probe around the web and observe this new generation of hackers, I see individuals that have lost touch with the true spirit of hacking. A brood that is motivated by greed, revenge, and anger. Harmless curiosity has become a thing of the past. (...)

Other things similarly have changed since I was incarcerated. I had to ask my twelve-year-old daughter what a hashtag was. That was pretty embarrassing. “Aren’t you supposed to be a hacker or something?,” she told me, sending a final blow to my dying ego. (cute)

President Obama signed an executive order outlining emergency control of the Internet, and thus the Internet kill switch was born. That’s a pretty big deal. (...) The social networking website Myspace plunged into the great abyss, effectively ending the reign of profile building creativity as we know it. Utilitarianism seems to be the default everywhere nowadays. (!!! to both, for different reasons.) 

For me, I stepped out into an uncertain future. I don’t really see meaningful human interaction anymore. I see a society that is impossibly distracted by likes and selfies, smartphones, and similar technologies, and I often find it frustrating to find my place in the midst of this new interconnected world simply because I was not there to naturally evolve with it.

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[armoredsuperheavy]

Ain't this the truth

"I don’t really see meaningful human interaction anymore. I see a society that is impossibly distracted by likes and selfies, smartphones, and similar technologies"