This dude has balls of steel. Being in the bad books of US government and not getting caught is no easy feat to pull off. That shows how smart he is.
He never went to college, but made it to the IT department of NSA. It was possible only because of the openness of this country in recognizing and encouraging talent. On the other hand, the same country silently spies on its citizens and almost everyone on the planet. It’s like setting your teenage child free and tracking their movements secretly by phone. It’s in no way freedom, it’s pure hypocrisy.
Ed Snowden’s story reminds me of a quote I read in another book:
“Most men take more out of life than they give to it. A few give more to life than they take out of it. The world runs because of such men.”
It’s because of this man, the hypocrisy is exposed and government’s bluff called.
Just like Indian embassy in London went back to typewriters because of this mass surveillance, there will be a day when we all go back to the basics — grow our own organic food in our backyards, barter goods and services and become luddites, therefore more human. Wrong is the new right, and wrong and right will take turns, and be in a constant cycle.
