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Re: "Soft Targets" as Schelling Points
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- Subject: Re: "Soft Targets" as Schelling Points
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- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 96 16:05:20 EDT
- In-Reply-To: <+cmu.andrew.internet.cypherpunks+olybBWW00UfAA10EF9@andrew.cmu.edu>
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Tim May writes:
>The connection should be clear, but in case it is not: many soft targets
>are Schelling points for terrorist actions.
I see no coordination problem here. Schelling points are a useful
concept when you have several actors, each of whom benefits from
making the same choice as the others. Here, I think you want to say
"soft targets are easy to attack".
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Eli Brandt
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