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ALL human beings are vulnerable.


Not ALL vulnerability is to potential physical threats.

An example of one area of non-physical vulnerability is in how our interactions with fellow humans can affect us. Once there were two humans and they could communicate with one another, this vulnerability was realized.

Non-verbal, verbal and written language likely evolved over very long periods.


Perhaps our current capabilities in the area of human to human communications evolved and spread more quickly and to more humans than ever before in human history.

Prior to 2010 I discussed this topic with a lot of friends. In 2010 I attended a wedding of an old friend.

Lots of smart people there and at my table during the reception we had a conversation about this when I asked the journalist sitting next to me (an F1 fan) about the top 3-5 changes he thought were most impactful during his 40 years in print and TV journalism.

The groom was the CEO of a vaccine company. He later got $1.8 billion or so in operation warp speed during the Trump administration. He married a multi-decade veteran with experience in the same areas of business.

The CEO of UHC was there.

What can we expect of ourselves and our fellow humans when things are changing this fast?

"Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings."

Cassius

Julius Caesar Act I, Scene II, by Wm. Shakespeare

"The fault, dear humans, is not in our technology (exempli gratia, social media),
But in ourselves, that we are underlings."

Let us not be underlings.