the lamp of diogenes
several [fairly] recent events have inspired me to revisit an old thought found here on this blog.
back in august, i asked “is there, today, enough “light” to find an honest man?”
the light of the net has been cast on verisign (and, for the moment, verisign has been brought into the light), and google has had some serious light focused on it. (not that my little post is “serious light” – but if it was enough to get my attention….)
the eternal optimist within me looks at these and thinks “maybe. or maybe there is.” maybe we won’t find an honest man with the light of the net, but perhaps we can keep a few of them more honest than they would otherwise be….
which is interesting, and begs the follow-up question: can there be a Not-Evil Empire? can you run an empire with all these lights on?