Currently I’m reading about the words of Socrates, the wonderful Greek philosopher, and whose influence is still relevant today.
He didn’t leave any writings of his own but his words were not forgotten, and two other Greeks (namely Plato and Xenophon) have left us with a plethora of wonderful sayings and doings attributed to that great philosopher. What a wonderful human being he must have been. Much of what he said still resonates and he was hot on ethics. That and goodness. So if I have a gripe, my gripe is that there isn’t enough attention paid to ETHICS in general, and in DATA in particular.
Hopefully this will be resolved within a year or so. There is a group in the UK who are addressing this and trying to find a way where everyone will agree on what rules will apply. Since the amount of data being generated is so absolutely vast that we’re beyond counting how of it much there is. Probably a trillion zigabytes a second, or something equally alarming, it’s about time Ethics was discussed.
I’d like to hear from you with any thoughts you have on this, or from your experiences with data and Ethics. Is there some corner of this mighty planet where Ethics is still exercised and thought highly of? It’s no use paying lip service, Ethics should be the backbone of where we’re at as a society wherever we reside.
Ethics is important to me as well. It guides most everything I do with the exception of survival. And if you ask me, all ethics comes down to a single point - empathy. Plainly put: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
Socrates was an amazing fella. Not much has been preserved well enough from that time period, and Socrates is one of the few who made it. That alone makes him worth checking out.
There is an unbroken line from him to Plato to Aristotle to Alexander to the great library of Alexandria - the latter of which is the topic of "The Rise and Fall of Alexandria" which is a fantastic read.
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Thank you for your message and I so agree. My stepfather who survived WW1 and used this as his mantra, I was also luckyenough to have had a wonderful father (and mother) as well. Maybe that's why I stay positive. Life is very random and we just learn as we go. I will check out the book you recommend - once I've finished "Walking in the Moonlight with Einstein" !
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