Glen writes: <Hm. You sound like an optimist. The more likely outcome is that more people end up believing we need a "strong man" like Trump or Erdogan to take the fight to the bad guys ... more military, less education, less healthcare, less science ... thereby granting the wishes of their authoritarian brethren in ISIS and the Taliban.>
Perhaps market forces can help here. If in order for entertainers to entertain, it may become necessary to hire sophisticated private security. Ariana's people could take additional measures that ordinary law enforcement could not. It seems there could be an opportunity for cyber/physical security companies to seek out various political or cultural organizations as customers. Cross the wrong defense fund, they don't just send lawyers, they send an ops team. It really just depends on the risks and the rewards what becomes the norm. Marcus ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
