Introduction
The problems with computer science and cyberspace are national concerns. It is the global platform for life and the future of civilization, but cyber threats confound industrialized society. Only dictators, criminals, and enemies are happy. Spies and gangsters attack individuals and businesses, stealing identities, scrambling data, and demanding money. Ransomware signifies the engineering failures of computer science, while everything worsens as democratic civilization decays by the day. Through cyberspace, enemies undermine our institutions and stable government. The dangers grow, the losses mount, and the freedom, equality, and justice in a democratic society fall. With ever-increasing amounts of sensitive data stored on computers and the endless automation by program control, keeping this data and the software safe and secure is vital for the future of life in a functioning, democratic cyber society. Ultimately, the software in global cyberspace will automate but cannot dominate life in every respect. Cybercriminals find new ways to gain unauthorized access to digital systems, steal sensitive information, and change how automated life works because outdated engineering is unfinished. With the rise of the internet and social media, collecting data for crime and misuse is effortless. There is an understandable public outcry when privacy breaks down, but nothing changes. Computers remain stuck in the past. As technology improved, computers became outdated. Updating hardware and software is costly and time-consuming, while the improvements threaten a captive market. The skilled effort required to ensure obsolete computers function correctly exceeds society's ability to meet the need. Everything points downhill toward national and international disasters. As ever, science is the salvation of civilization, and the Church-Turing Thesis, the cornerstone of computer science, reveals how.
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