I'm thinking I like your general response much better; become informed, determine the level of risk you're willing to accept, then prepare accordingly.
Now to get motivated myself.
Creating a risk for people to respond to engenders far too much paranoia for my comfort. I stayed home on Y2K eve. Not because I was afraid the universe was about to end - I've enough programming skills and common sense to recognize that liability issues alone required organizations to test their preparedness long before the event. Even small companies spent inordinate amounts of time and money assessing risk, when they had reasonably simple solutions available. Lawyers had a heyday, furthering the fears where ever possible.
No, I stayed home, not due to technology, but to what I could hear outside my doors. People, stressed and driven to paranoia by over-hyping of the actual problem, creating havoc. There were lootings and beatings in my neighbourhood, BEFORE MIDNIGHT. I say well done to those whose job it was to inform the public.
enhydrasf posted about the squirrel reporter cartoon; while I find it somewhat offensive, it's also funny in the manner it ridicules the media and looters.
There are times when I think freedom of speech, as presented in the popular media, is a foolish, foolish ideal.
The brainstorming and arguing over a potential solution can be fun, I agree. When the hysteria and paranoia are offset by rational, informed decision making.
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Now to get motivated myself.
Creating a risk for people to respond to engenders far too much paranoia for my comfort. I stayed home on Y2K eve. Not because I was afraid the universe was about to end - I've enough programming skills and common sense to recognize that liability issues alone required organizations to test their preparedness long before the event. Even small companies spent inordinate amounts of time and money assessing risk, when they had reasonably simple solutions available. Lawyers had a heyday, furthering the fears where ever possible.
No, I stayed home, not due to technology, but to what I could hear outside my doors. People, stressed and driven to paranoia by over-hyping of the actual problem, creating havoc. There were lootings and beatings in my neighbourhood, BEFORE MIDNIGHT. I say well done to those whose job it was to inform the public.
There are times when I think freedom of speech, as presented in the popular media, is a foolish, foolish ideal.
The brainstorming and arguing over a potential solution can be fun, I agree. When the hysteria and paranoia are offset by rational, informed decision making.
I know, I'm asking a lot.