On my drive into work this morning, I heard a news story
about the tragic loss that Mat Honan of Wired magazine suffered, after being hacked and losing
a crippling amount of data. Since I’ve
been struggling lately to put my own minute problems in perspective, I thought
with the same harshness I’ve been directing at myself, “really?”
Would it be OK if this happened to me? Of course not.
I’m
not saying that it’s not terrible that he was victimized like this, but I do have
to say, the way that these reporters were talking, he has experienced real
injury and real loss. He mentioned losing precious photos of his daughter,
including ones with her great-grandparents who have since passed. Is not the physical
loss of the great-grandparents actually worse? Is not the joy he experiences in
real time with his daughter what is of value, not the visual mementos?
Knowing that truly devastating events are happening
worldwide, I feel the proportion to which this was labeled a misfortune is a little
misguided. And a little insensitive, too.
Just saying.
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