{"id":898,"date":"2014-12-21T14:49:07","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T21:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larrylawhead.com\/articles\/?p=898"},"modified":"2017-10-24T16:05:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T23:05:40","slug":"the-yin-and-yang-of-hacktivism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larrylawhead.com\/articles\/2014\/12\/the-yin-and-yang-of-hacktivism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yin and Yang of \u201cHacktivism\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

I ran across an interesting Ted Talk by Keren Elazari <\/a>about hackers. She makes some bold statements such as, \u201c\u2026you just can\u2019t see something broken in the world and leave it be.\u201d She also states “I think we need hackers, in fact, they just might be the\u00a0immune\u00a0system for the information age.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also been reading the book \u201cWe are Anonymous<\/a>\u201d by Parmy Olson and I am inclined to agree with Keren. I don\u2019t want my personal information stolen anymore than the next guy, but on the other hand I abhor ignorance and dishonesty. As a project manager one of my main jobs is keeping everyone informed as to the project\u2019s progress, issues, risks and my decisions. As a matter of fact, I am bound by the PMI Code of Ethics<\/a>\u00a0to be honest, even if that makes me the bearer of bad news.\u00a0At this point project management, democracy and business should have a lot in common. The problem is they don’t. If there is a code of ethics for government and business, it largely goes unheeded.<\/p>\n

Alders Huxley once wrote, \u201cFacts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.<\/a>\u201d Martin Luther King Jr. once said, \u201cNothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.\u201d<\/p>\n

With so much effort and money invested in keeping secret those things which make us better participants in democracy and enable honest business decisions, maybe we need those who snoop around looking for deception or illegal activity.<\/p>\n

There is a quote from the book of Luke<\/a> (Bible) that I keep in mind when it comes to communication, \u201cWhat you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.\u201d Maybe \u201cHacktivism\u201d is one of those strange things that will\u00a0encourage\u00a0government and business to be more honest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I ran across an interesting Ted Talk by Keren Elazari about hackers. She makes some bold statements such as, \u201c\u2026you just can\u2019t see something broken in the world and leave it be.\u201d She also states “I think we need hackers, in fact, they just might be the\u00a0immune\u00a0system for the information age.\u201d I\u2019ve also been reading<\/p>\n

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