#nevertrustalwaysverify — Public Fediverse posts

Utopias are a completely detached fairy-tale. It sounds amazing, but I am not naive enough to believe it's possible.

The idea that you can just morally lecture transnational cartels, state-sponsored cyberwarfare units, or ruthless criminal networks into putting down their weapons and singing in harmony is peak naivety. The idea that predatory behavior can be eliminated is equally as naive. Everyone is born innocent and thought control is a dystopian nightmare.

If the world worked that way, I’d stop studying cybersecurity, drop adversarial thinking, and pick up a peace pipe. Unfortunately, I have looked some of these types of threats right in the eyes and I can confidently tell you they don't care about a utopian fantasy world, which is exactly why I found myself studying cybersecurity and adversarial thinking in the first place. The mere mention of something like that would make them think you are weak and immediately put you on their radar as someone to manipulate.

Anyone who thinks a utopia is possible is either moral grandstanding, or they are naive and have zero understanding of human psychology and the Dark Tetrad.

Unfortunately, there's never going to be a world where you can completely put your guard down. There's always going to be predators in this world. Fantasizing of a utopia makes you easy prey. This is exactly what narcissists look for; naive, wishful thinking.

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