Be not influenced by those who promote fear.

Bruce Schneier gets it right. There are far too many who will do anything to "feel safe". They usually like to go on about all kinds of hazards, everything from germs to terrorists. I think some are just insecure freaks without lives, and full of themselves. They have what I call a martyr fetish. They get in the habit of acting like they are afraid of everything from spiders to a dirty spoon or they get sick from this or that or they hate fifteen kinds of food or the devil is going to get um..... It's all the same kind of thing.

This made me think of that:

Q: You have repeatedly maintained that most of the investments that the government has made towards counter-terrorism are largely “security theater,” and that the real way to combat terrorism is to invest in intelligence. However, Tim Weiner’s book, Legacy of Ashes, says that the U.S. government is particularly inept at gathering and processing intelligence. Does that leave us with no hope at all?

A: I’m still a fan of intelligence and investigation (more here) and emergency response (more here). No, neither is perfect, but they’re way better than the “defend the target” or “defend against the tactic” thinking we have now. (I’ve written more about this here.) Basically, security that only forces the bad guy to make a minor change in his plot is largely a waste of money.

On the other hand, the average terrorist seems to be quite the idiot. How you can help: refuse to be terrorized.

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