Stuff of Nightmares

I’m not sure if this is a rule of evolution, or not, but it seems to me that any niche that’s capable of supporting something, will get filled. Once the niche is filled, you then see various strategies: small, fast, high reproductive rate versus larger predators that invest energy in giant teeth and brains.

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Notes About Herd Immunity

Back in 2012 I was at a security conference in Boston and one of the keynote speakers made a pitch that computer security was beginning to show some of the properties of an evolved system. I.e.: pathogens were starting to occupy every possible niche, defenses appeared and were overcome, etc.

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I Lack The Fucks

One of the things I hate about myself is my ADHD-driven tendency to over-commit on projects; it’s simply impossible to do all the things that I plan to do, let alone want to do. Certain things in my life (like posting on the blog) are sometimes painful, because another part of me is going “Woof! Squirrel!” and wants to run around and bark up every tree in 100 acres of forest, instead. So, my TO DO list grows and grows and eventually I have to prune it by deciding that a lot of things just are not ever going to happen.

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