Chapter 2
Responsibility
Why do I personally need to bother with learning, ethics or cyber security?
The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.1
Paraphrased from The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand
‘Remember. It’s the most dangerous weapon you’ll ever touch and you could easily kill someone with it. Be alert. Be careful. And make sure you take responsibility.’
I was 17, and my dad was talking about the family car he was letting me take out. I’d passed my test and, like a number of 17 year olds, I definitely thought I was a badass rally driver the way I took those corners. Truth be told, I wasn’t ‘subconsciously competent’ at driving, and my driving wasn’t based on years of good experience. In fact, both my age and road ...
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