Re:Hospitals across England hit by large-scale cyber-attack
by graphitezepp on Friday May 12, 2017 @12:26PM
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In a similar vein Karl Marx is said to have been pro free trade, as it would lead to what he believed would happen to capitalism much faster. Also the colloquial expression "kick in the teeth". Often actual change requires drastic consequences.
Re:Hospitals across England hit by large-scale cyber-attack
by anigbrowl on Friday May 12, 2017 @01:34PM
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I don't feel you're moronic and I absolutely get your sense of frustration, but welcoming a storm is implicitly saying that you think the suffering of some others is an acceptable price to pay for opening the eyes of the higher-ups. I'd like to suggest that the reason people in management don't listen to people in IT is because the people in IT aren't willing to make them, despite having direct and often primary access to the organizational levers of power.
Have you ever considered the possibility that management deliberately selects for this kind of passivity and conflict aversion when staffing IT departments, hiring exactly the sort of people who might roll their eyes or grumble at things but will reliably do what they're told?
However, think about a levee about which you know that it will not hold when a storm comes, but people don't believe you and are not even willing to listen to you. Would you think it's moronic to welcome a storm as a shot across the bows so people realized what you are talking about?
The constructive solution to this problem is to find a way to convey the message such that people are willing to listen. But that can be very difficult.