In contemplating the digital age and the phenomenon of cybersecurity breaches, one might consider the allegory of the cave. Commercial enterprises, reliant as they are upon the ephemeral and intangible forms of digital infrastructure, resemble the prisoners chained in the cave. They behold shadows—the seeming stability and security of their networks—without grasping the reality of their vulnerability. The attackers, akin to those who manipulate the puppets casting the shadows, wield tools of deception and subversion. These cyber assailants exploit the ignorance and complacency of businesses, seeking profit or chaos at the expense of truth and order. On the Nature of Knowledge and Preparation: A business, in the ideal form, should embody wisdom, which is the harmonization of practical knowledge (technê) and moral virtue. To fail in safeguarding digital assets is to neglect this harmonious pursuit of the good. Enterprises must ascend from the darkness of ignorance into the l...
Would we not agree that life, being finite and fleeting, ought to be lived with purpose and attention to what is truly good for the soul? Yet, the ceaseless haste of your age seems to serve neither the cultivation of wisdom nor the care of the self. Instead, it resembles the motion of a wheel turning for its own sake, producing neither virtue nor peace. I might ask you: what is the aim of this rushing? Is it wealth? Fame? The applause of others? And if these are the goals, are they truly fulfilling? For surely, one who chases them without pause risks losing sight of the greater goods—reason, justice, friendship, and harmony. You fill your days, but do you nourish your soul? You occupy your hours, but do you understand the nature of time itself? It seems to me that in your eagerness to move quickly, you may neglect to ask the most important question: to what end am I moving? I propose, then, that the antidote to such rushing is the practice of deliberate inquiry. Let us pause, con...