Comments on: Diminishing Returns http://cominganarchy.com/2006/08/10/diminishing-returns/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:24:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: sun bin http://cominganarchy.com/2006/08/10/diminishing-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-116852 sun bin Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:00:57 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2102#comment-116852 one can also look at this as how much disproportionately expensive it is to defend against terrorism threat. all they need is to find a credible threat, cost perhaps a few thousand dollar. we have to lose billions every day. this is a very asymmetric war. current strategy/tactic just do not work. GWOT needs to be more innovative... one can also look at this as how much disproportionately expensive it is to defend against terrorism threat.

all they need is to find a credible threat, cost perhaps a few thousand dollar. we have to lose billions every day.
this is a very asymmetric war. current strategy/tactic just do not work. GWOT needs to be more innovative…

]]> By: ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Innovations in Terror http://cominganarchy.com/2006/08/10/diminishing-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-116849 ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Innovations in Terror Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:32:55 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2102#comment-116849 [...] This morning I wrote a brief post about the disrupted terror plot in the U.K. I reminded readers of John Robb’s previous post on symbolic terrorism and how it suffers from diminishing returns. Shloky, Coming Anarchy commenter and first rate blogger commented “but the kicker is that Constraints Drive Innovation”. As he’s noted in a previous post of his [...] [...] This morning I wrote a brief post about the disrupted terror plot in the U.K. I reminded readers of John Robb’s previous post on symbolic terrorism and how it suffers from diminishing returns. Shloky, Coming Anarchy commenter and first rate blogger commented “but the kicker is that Constraints Drive Innovation”. As he’s noted in a previous post of his [...]

]]> By: Shloky http://cominganarchy.com/2006/08/10/diminishing-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-116811 Shloky Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:50:01 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2102#comment-116811 Ah, but the kicker is that "Constraints Drive Innovation":http://www.shloky.com/?p=127 Ah, but the kicker is that Constraints Drive Innovation

]]> By: The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » The solace of diminishing returns http://cominganarchy.com/2006/08/10/diminishing-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-116802 The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » The solace of diminishing returns Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:33:00 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2102#comment-116802 [...] Chirol of Coming Anarchy reminds us of John Robb’s observation that symbolic terror attacks suffer from the law diminishing returns: Each subsequent attack has less of a psychological impact than the first. In order to compensate for this, a terrorism planner must make each subsequent attack even more damaging or symbolically devastating than earlier attacks. The result is a death march until entire terrorism campaign runs out of steam. [...] [...] Chirol of Coming Anarchy reminds us of John Robb’s observation that symbolic terror attacks suffer from the law diminishing returns: Each subsequent attack has less of a psychological impact than the first. In order to compensate for this, a terrorism planner must make each subsequent attack even more damaging or symbolically devastating than earlier attacks. The result is a death march until entire terrorism campaign runs out of steam. [...]

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