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Re: "Soft Targets" as Schelling Points

To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: "Soft Targets" as Schelling Points
From: eli+@gs160.sp.cs.cmu.edu
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 96 16:05:20 EDT
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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".

--
   Eli Brandt
   eli+@cs.cmu.edu

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