This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race

by Nicole Perlroth

“The most likely way for the world to be destroyed,” it read, “most experts agree, is by accident. That’s where we come in; we’re computer professionals. We cause accidents.” I passed the phone back to Sabien. “Keep going,” he told me. “You’re onto something. This will not end well.” And with that, he was gone.

Pritchett quote on the wall: Organizations can’t stop the world from changing. The best they can do is adapt. The smart ones change before they have to. The lucky ones manage to scramble and adjust, when push comes to shove. The rest are losers, and they become history.