For me, the worst and most revealing part was the seizure of the data UNRELATED to whatever tizzy NZ was in…even data on plant genomes that is there precisely so it can be available to global medical researchers and medicinal crop growers in all time zones.

Unless you know McKernan’s history, you can NOT fully understand the value of the odd mix of content he stores.

About 40 years ago we needed ‘computer literacy.’ Seymour Papert warned of the “Digital Divide.” Kevin Mitnick made social engineering an art form. Andrew Blum riffed on a Senator’s description of the Internet as “Tubes.”

Right now we *also* need ‘genomic-genetic-pharmacovigilance literacy.’ We aren’t in Kansas anymore, and Oz isn’t a separate existence. My 2cents