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It's frustrating terrorism is rare and largely ineffectual, yet we regularly magnify the effects of both their successes and failures by terrorizing ourselves.

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Bruce Schneier
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 15
Computer Scientist
Cryptographer
Mathematician
Physicist
Writer
New York City
New York
Frustrating
Largely
Failures
Rare
Terrorizing
Terrorism
Ineffectual
Effects
Magnify
Regularly
Successes

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