Pervasive deceit is nothing new. Forty-five years ago, in 1980, cryptographer Gustavus Simmons introduced the concept to describe scenarios in which secure communication had to be established within a context of intentional, continuous, and widespread deception. In other words, our present reality.
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Blog posts February 2025
Pervasive Deceit: A Paradox of Our Time
There is little doubt that our ability to think and communicate is deteriorating
Exactly 170 years ago, American thinker and writer Henry David Thoreau complained about countries that focus on solving pressing problems with no intention of changing the way of thinking that led to the creation and perpetuation of those problems. Thoreau then coined an unpleasant but descriptive e…
The Limits of My Library Are the Limits of My World
Beyond what you know an immense world exists, but you cannot see it.
Throughout history, our understanding of the world has expanded in remarkable ways, but it has always been limited by what we have chosen to explore. Just as libraries house the collected knowledge of humanity, our personal “lib…
The digital tree hides the forest of life and wisdom
In the not-so-distant past, it was said that planting a tree (along with writing a book and having a child) was a clear sign of the stability and maturity of the person who had planted that tree because it indicated a long-term action without expecting anything in return. For this reason, numerous s…
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