Sublime

We can simplify this discussion by defining the maximum amount of knowledge and knowhow that a human nervous system can accumulate as a fundamental unit of measurement. We call this unit a personbyte, and define it as the maximum knowledge and knowhow carrying capacity of a human.

The small-world networks found everywhere, described in the Watts-Strogatz paper, have an intriguing feature. They are both unusually robust and unusually fragile. They are robust against random attacks or random failures. Which is why random server outages, for example, have little effect on internet traffic. But they are especially vulnerable to

Les terroristes sont maîtres dans l’art de manipuler les esprits. Ils tuent très peu, mais n’en réussissent pas moins à terrifier des milliards de gens et font trembler d’immenses appareils politiques tels que l’Union européenne ou les États-Unis.

De même que les terroristes, ceux qui combattent le terrorisme doivent penser davantage en producteurs de théâtre qu’en généraux. Surtout, si nous voulons combattre le terrorisme efficacement, nous devons comprendre que rien de ce que font les terroristes ne peut nous vaincre.

homepages. This confusion is the sign of an unresolved relationship, a love triangle that seems to have come undone in our modern times: a relationship drama where citizens, institutions and experts seem unable to communicate. While institutions might trust experts, they seem wary of us, of our emotional stability. Not even experts, truth be told,