Remember that line from An Inconvenient Truth, shortly after the animation of Lower Manhattan underwater, about how there are more things than just terrorism to be concerned about?
Turns out that’s even more prescient (via) than he was likely aware at the time.
Like Bruce Schneier keeps saying, diverting resources to protect against the rare, sensational problems allows the far more dangerous, banal, common problems through.
Ooooh, that came from a website on the internet. It must be true.
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Actually, it came from a retired FBI agent who worked in the financial crimes division, interviewed by a print newspaper who has a website, who put it online…
But, you know, whatever you need to tell yourself in order to avoid thinking positive thoughts about the enemies of the state, rock on with that.