Strategy

Day 14: Sometimes the opportunity to say "I told you so" isn't as gratifying as it should be. When my husband purchased his first internet-capable computer, I said, "Um...this is Not A Good Idea. Humanity isn't sociologically evolved to the point where they can handle this. This is going to cause a lot more problems than it's going to solve." Bruce has been gone for many years now, so I don't get to say "I told you so," but I was right. As many ways as the compass of our troubles could possibly point, the needle stays steadily on North: internet.

The internet has made possible a new form of warfare, one which undermines the fabric of society and throws it into chaos. There is no need for a nuclear device to destroy thousands of lives, no need for bloodshed to effect conquest of a nation. We have become a weapon in the enemy's hands, a weapon which is being employed against ourselves. We have been engaged by masters in a game which we barely know how to play, and while we falter and fumble and try to make the immediate best of a bad situation, our opponent has each possible move and counter-move strategized decades beyond our power to see, given our limited skills. We have three choices: resign, continue playing in the hopes that our expert opponent will make a mistake leading at best to stalemate or, failing all else, we could just kick over the board.