Alexis Turner

1: Put the Money in the Bag!
2: Why are you doing this to me? It's because you don't like my shoes, isn't it? You want me to hate you?
3: Just put the money in the frigging bag already!!!

(cognition, misunderstanding, security — )

12 Jul. 2007

Requires follow-up on my part:

The Evolutionary Brain Glitch That Makes Terrorism Fail: cognitive bias (specifically, correspondent inference theory) leads people to misunderstand terrorism, Bruce Schneier in Wired.

See also: Why Terrorism Does Not Work, Max Abrams, International Security.
Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World, Schneier.
Also, any number of del.icio.us links that I have made to books on the subject.

So many papers, books, and articles. So little time. Not sure whether to be excited or overwhelmed.