Tech security has been an afterthought for too long. The core technologies we use are putting us at grave risk in ways we simply cannot imagine. As we now are starting to realize, that all of our digital lives are permanently centrally recorded carries currently unimaginable risks down the road. That we have centralized global social networks carries risks that the majority of people are not able to experience or understand. We're progressing too fast technologically, and there's way too much of a gap between morphing cultural norms and a system of government that will be, by default, always out of date with respect to these evolving norms.

That we connect directly to a worldwide network with minimum consideration for security is very troubling. In decades to come, we'll look back in humility and realize that the manners in which we used technology added grave risks to our health.

In 2017, we are not in the "wild wild west" age of technology. Rather, we are firmly in the dark ages. We're so far away from having an understanding regarding the lack of social maturity in our technological growth that we fail to properly consider the downside risks.

This is a tough nut to crack because technology is simply too good for the majority, even the technically inclined majority. I recall efforts by very very talented folks to build decentralized technologies to help mitigate some of these long term risks, but such efforts will remain firmly at the fringes of intellectual superiority for a long time. Meanwhile, Goliath will simply grow stronger in time, unless there is some major cultural shift. Is there any such shift happening, beyond the fringe?