Laid off by a major tech company at 30, I was dumped by my boyfriend like unwanted baggage. I returned to my hometown county, ready to lie flat, but my parents told me, “Our family has billions in assets for you to inherit.” On my first day taking over the family business, the local power broker sent a flower basket with a warning: “The waters run deep around here. Be careful you don’t drown.” I just smiled. The internet has a higher-dimensional perspective than a small town. Let me show you what a dimensionality-reduction attack looks like!