At a technology forum,
there was talk about the spread of information
and lack of privacy.
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia,
pointed out that this is the world we live in,
we don’t have a choice.
A loved one was telling me
how the tax system wasn’t fair.
He was thinking about fighting it.
Great, I told him,
but play by the rules until the rules change.
Know the rules (written and unwritten).
Know when to follow them,
when to bend them, and
when to break them.
And know the consequences of doing so.