Hack Yourself First
Have you ever held a sledgehammer and started having your way around an abandoned building? Knocking down walls, destroying the fittings and finishings, releasing whatever pent up anger you’ve been burying deep inside and to elevate the moment further you could throw in some Slipknot. That would improve your swings so much you’d think you could’ve been a baseball player.
Hacking certainly works for the smaller structural parts, if you were to lets say want to bring down a tall mega structure, you’d have to strategically place explosives at key structural points and it’ll be able to collapse on itself. A controlled demolition causing an implosion could take weeks or months of planning and organizing.
Ever since we’ve moved into the digital ecosystem, we’ve had individuals & organizations, including government backed, hack all sorts of targets for all sorts of reasons. Some for personal gain, some for the collective gain, sometimes for national/international security, and sometimes just for fun/to prove a point.
The hacker uses a variety of tricks and strategies to gain access into their victims servers and are capable of scraping a variety of data directly off it, sometimes even without them knowing. They could also plant a bug that only activates after a certain duration, action or whenever they want it triggered.
Hacking has become a very lucrative industry, which also include individuals who practice ethical hacking. They can be rewarded very handsomely for spotting a vulnerability and fixing their clients digital landscapes. In this case, individuals spot a potential “hack” in the code/program, and remedies them. Steve Wozniak, Apple’s co-founder is an example of a ‘White Hat’ hacker, who identified a vulnerability which allowed making long distance calls free, and later rectified it through innovative technology through Apple.
Then we have individuals/ organizations that hack others for malicious purposes. To steal, black mail, hold hostage and many others, and the most famous person to do this, according to Google, is Kevin Mitnick, who at 16 hacked the NSA’s phone lines from his school library. He did this for fun but later went on to hack over 40 major corporations and went to jail for stealing 1 million dollars worth of software from DEC. These individuals/ organizations identify locations of vulnerability and look for ways to exploit them. Such individuals are known as ‘Black Hat’ hackers.
‘Grey Hat’ hackers are those that operate between the two. Sometimes to expose, sometimes to remedy. The operate mostly on the other side of the law to fulfill their value propositions. An example of this would be a Palestinian researcher, Khalil Shreateh, who hacked Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page to expose a bug that allowed posting on any user’s page. He exposed vulnerabilities for the greater good, but without authorization.
We tend to give terms or labels based on a certain perspective. If you’re on the other side of the law, you’re not a ‘White Hat’. If you’re on the wrong side of the law, ‘Black Hat’/’Grey Hat’. Even if your intentions are well, you may be sent to prison, especially depending on the ‘severity’ of its impact. Though some will call people like Edward Snowden and Julian Assange heroes, some will call them terrorists, including a hacktivist organization called Anonymous.
Call me naive, which I know I am, but I still think that with the right supervision, a group of intelligent children could rule the world better than a group of intelligent adults. Adults for some reason have lost their ability to share. The children just need to operate with the right parameters and they’ll do a heck of a job. Even a group of 20 somethings could be great.
We have plenty of young leaders who we thought could hack the system for us and turn it all around using their countries as examples, but I guess they were either too powerless or not smart enough. I somewhat have an understanding of the complexities of leading a nation. Somehow it is not as liberating.
But the system has a weakness. The system only operates if we cooperate. It only works if we keep taking loans, credit, keep participating in the financial game. There is already a tandem financial system, one that seems to be used for the same old reasons. Perhaps its time to move money over the chain. Is there anyone capable enough of building an entire tandem improved-less convoluted-system using the chain?
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Hacks are necessary for growth. We’ve done it evolutionary, how about revolutionary?
The fact that history is bring written by the victor is a testament that we’re following a system that is not intentionally good. There’s no valid reason to keep 100 year old secrets unless it is to hinder progress & development. The past does not exist to remind the present that the future cannot change. The past is supposed to exist for the sake of the future. A revolution without true understanding of humanity will only kill the future.
You see, we need to somehow build a bridge, from the past, into the future. The present seems to be rather regressionary sociologically, and I think it’s due to the systems we currently have in place. Is there a revolutionary genius out there who can get a plan into motion? Perhaps a person with influence within legal, economic, financial, digital frameworks? A genius billionaire perhaps? Nudge-nudge-wink-wink.
Though I am currently on a new path. My mind is still curious to other experiences, mostly spiritual hacks. I am forever committed to Jesus, but I would also like to have a taste of said hacks. I would like to say I’m completely centered in my faith, but I know I’m not as I’ve also set a deadline to my musings. How else am I able to be objective and honest is my only argument.
Earthly catalysts have been placed here to experience spiritual hacks. I understand that there are godly ones, and there are evil ones. Are spiritual hacks necessary ? I’m not entirely sure, cause though they have worked for me, they may not for everyone else. But they most definitely can widen your worldview, and that is what I’m after. Though most seek them to be numb, I want more liberation.
Right now, I’m the kind of person who will say no other hack will work apart from seeking the Holy Spirit to hack your spirituality for you. But I’m also too curious. My health is probably my only deterrent at the moment, so I’m keeping it at bay, for now.
Ever since I’ve been spiritually hacked, I’ve gained new perspectives. Some have changed, some are the same, and even experiencing daily life has gotten me to rethink many things. The day seems to be brighter, filled with more opportunities; and the night has its own beauty, filled with peace and rest.
There are a variety of hacks out there. I’m sure some will call me a hack too. I may not know a lot, but I’ve understood plenty. I know now that God certainly exists, I know that the system doesn’t work as well as it’s intended, and I know we need to change before we end up shooting ourselves in the face, figuratively and literally.
The future should be completely transparent. All information should be public information, including secrets, only if it could benefit mankind in the long run. There are some of us that are great at puzzles and connecting dots for more than what they appear to be. Let them have a crack at it. Bare no shame, the past is the past.
Human history is human history and it should not be hidden. Cracks are spots that may break further, or could be rectified. Or we could hack it to solve bigger issues.
Time to Break Free. Call on the Holy Spirit first for that controlled demolition on your mind, an implosion of your spirit, deconstructing and disrupting your earthly worldviews. Being born again is no farce. Hack yourselves by calling on Him, and reading the Bible.
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