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This page contains all of the posts and discussion on MemeStreams referencing the following web page: The Rise of Complex Terrorism | Foreign Policy, Jan/Feb 2002. You can find discussions on MemeStreams as you surf the web, even if you aren't a MemeStreams member, using the Threads Bookmarklet.

The Rise of Complex Terrorism | Foreign Policy, Jan/Feb 2002
by Jeremy at 2:07 pm EST, Feb 16, 2002

"Modern societies face a cruel paradox: Fast-paced technological and economic innovations may deliver unrivalled prosperity, but they also render rich nations vulnerable to crippling, unanticipated attacks. By relying on intricate networks and concentrating vital assets in small geographic clusters, advanced Western nations only amplify the destructive power of terrorists"

... "We've realized, belatedly, that our societies are wide-open targets for terrorists. We're easy prey because of two key trends: First, the growing technological capacity of small groups and individuals to destroy things and people; and, second, the increasing vulnerability of our economic and technological systems to carefully aimed attacks. While commentators have devoted considerable ink and airtime to the first of these trends, they've paid far less attention to the second, and they've virtually ignored their combined effect. Together, these two trends facilitate a new and sinister kind of mass violence -- a "complex terrorism" that threatens modern, high-tech societies in the world's most developed nations."


 
 
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