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Good, now I'm going to be even more paranoid typing ` npm install ` ` pod install ` And the likes. You know, third party services which we wholeheartedly tr

Good, now I'm going to be even more paranoid typing ` npm install ` ` pod install ` And the likes. You know, third party services which we wholeheartedly trust and let them execute whatever they download from github on our development machines. Ransomware is very close to being a perfect crime and I don't see why people would ever stop doing it. Expect it to become really widespread and evolved. That being said, if you are developing and deploying ransomware, then you are doing a very wrong thing, spiritually. You may not believe in karma, because it's convenient to you, but the message from our ancestors has always been this - all the shit that you cause in life is going to come back to you OR your children in one form or another - multiplied. So just don't.

tremon 10y ago
all the shit that you cause in life is going to come back to you OR your children in one form or another - multiplied. Almost all worldviews share a similar idea, but that does not make it a proven fact. Ultimately, they are all premised on a omniscient and vindictive entity (either explicitly or implicitly). I'm of the opinion that these views originate more from a desire to soothe victims than to discourage offenders. We should do better than vague threats to improve society.
- justsaysmthng 10y ago
  > but that does not make it a proven fact Sometimes scientific thinking can be just as dogmatic as religious thinking. Remember, wisdom (or truth) is somewhere in between - at the intersection of 'mind' and 'soul' - the rational and the instinctive - the present and the ancestral. "Proven facts" mentality has given us a technologically advanced world, but lack of wisdom results in the world being at the verge of collapse. It's not yet clear if this method of thinking will eventually help us (or our children) survive on this Planet. That being said, the "do good" thing is easily provable - but it cannot be expressed in words - you have to experience it yourself. One healthy dose of acid or mushrooms or ayahuasca or mescaline should be sufficient to see that the rabbit hole goes way deeper than our rational minds have access to. Our ancestors have been doing it too and then shared what they saw in songs, poems and texts, some of which are now 'sacred'. But the message was more or less universal - do bad and you will get bad, do good and you will get good. Not because "God" is vengeful or bad - but rather the opposite - it is God who is on the receiving end of our actions - through the very simple fact that 'we' are God experiencing himself subjectively and simultaneously. To quote Einstein - "Time is an illusion", meaning future past and present are all happening simultaneously - now. Everything else follows from that, including "should I do good or bad". Peace.
  - supernintendo 10y ago
    This is quite a poetic and esoteric comment to read on a thread about JavaScript security exploits. It sounds like you may have just had a healthy dose of psychedelics (or perhaps just meditation) yourself. I can't say that I believe in the existence of karma as I don't believe morality is absolute (nor do negative actions or consequences always stem from malicious intent). Science (and religion and spirituality for that matter) are not inherently "good" or "bad". They do reflect the will of humans, however, and that is what manifests in ways which we come to agree is either "good" or "bad". So when evil people reap what they sow, I would argue that it is not karma but retribution - either overt or as a reaction to one's own corrupting nature - that is at play.

tremon 10y ago

all the shit that you cause in life is going to come back to you OR your children in one form or another - multiplied. Almost all worldviews share a similar idea, but that does not make it a proven fact. Ultimately, they are all premised on a omniscient and vindictive entity (either explicitly or implicitly). I'm of the opinion that these views originate more from a desire to soothe victims than to discourage offenders. We should do better than vague threats to improve society.

justsaysmthng 10y ago
> but that does not make it a proven fact Sometimes scientific thinking can be just as dogmatic as religious thinking. Remember, wisdom (or truth) is somewhere in between - at the intersection of 'mind' and 'soul' - the rational and the instinctive - the present and the ancestral. "Proven facts" mentality has given us a technologically advanced world, but lack of wisdom results in the world being at the verge of collapse. It's not yet clear if this method of thinking will eventually help us (or our children) survive on this Planet. That being said, the "do good" thing is easily provable - but it cannot be expressed in words - you have to experience it yourself. One healthy dose of acid or mushrooms or ayahuasca or mescaline should be sufficient to see that the rabbit hole goes way deeper than our rational minds have access to. Our ancestors have been doing it too and then shared what they saw in songs, poems and texts, some of which are now 'sacred'. But the message was more or less universal - do bad and you will get bad, do good and you will get good. Not because "God" is vengeful or bad - but rather the opposite - it is God who is on the receiving end of our actions - through the very simple fact that 'we' are God experiencing himself subjectively and simultaneously. To quote Einstein - "Time is an illusion", meaning future past and present are all happening simultaneously - now. Everything else follows from that, including "should I do good or bad". Peace.
- supernintendo 10y ago
  This is quite a poetic and esoteric comment to read on a thread about JavaScript security exploits. It sounds like you may have just had a healthy dose of psychedelics (or perhaps just meditation) yourself. I can't say that I believe in the existence of karma as I don't believe morality is absolute (nor do negative actions or consequences always stem from malicious intent). Science (and religion and spirituality for that matter) are not inherently "good" or "bad". They do reflect the will of humans, however, and that is what manifests in ways which we come to agree is either "good" or "bad". So when evil people reap what they sow, I would argue that it is not karma but retribution - either overt or as a reaction to one's own corrupting nature - that is at play.