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the crack where the light gets in and the realness gets out.
means The state of being open to harm, hurt, or exposure — whether physical, emotional, or otherwise — and the willingness to risk that openness.
from From Latin vulnerare, "to wound," which traces back to vulnus, "a wound." English borrowed it in the 17th century via the Late Latin vulnerabilis, literally "woundable." So at its root, to be vulnerable is simply to be capable of being wounded — the word carries the scar in its very spelling.
- Latin root
- From vulnus, meaning wound.
- Brain science
- Same neural circuits process social and physical pain.
- Trust builder
- Admitting flaws makes others rate you more likeable.
- Tech term
- Hackers exploit code vulnerabilities worth millions on black markets.
- Evolution
- Blushing signals honesty no human can fake.
heartbleed — openssl vulnerability affecting 2/3 of web servers in april 2014
log4j zero-day — java logging library vulnerability exploited globally in december 2021
sql injection — database attack technique that compromised target in 2013 affecting 40 million cards