We need a do-over!
by schwim on Feb.29, 2008, under Miscellaneous
Former FBI agent Patrick Dempsy feels that we have gone astray in the creation and adaptation of the internet and that perhaps we should create a second internet, since we can’t control the crime on the first one.
How handy would this be in real life? Decide not to install LoJack on your car and it gets stolen? Do-over! Walking through the park and get stabbed? Just do-over and walk around!
In honesty, the article was well written and thoughtful. Mr. Dempsy overlooked one small factoid, however. He wrote this grand diatribe letting us know how the internet should have been governed and protected based on information garnered in hindsight.
Criminals can look over their shoulders as well. They are not static entities that we can learn the habits of and protect ourselves using our newfound knowledge. All of those dandirific ideas you came up with would be circumvented by the time you had the system in place. You’re not supposed to start over. You’re supposed to adapt, improvise and overcome.
In short, there are no do-overs. Besides, the government(s) would fuck up the second chance at a viable e-society as quickly and as thoroughly as they did the first iteration.
It’s just what they do.
