Re: outsider everything

Posted by Roger Critchlow-2 on Aug 20, 2013; 11:51pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/How-Laura-Poitras-Helped-Snowden-Spill-His-Secrets-NYTimes-com-tp7583618p7583705.html

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Marcus G. Daniels <[hidden email]> wrote:

In the case of mobsters, they know that they are criminals and risk punishment if they don't protect each other and their information.

In relevant situations, individuals in such groups can predict, in a positive and reinforcing way, what their peers in this group will do in certain situations better than they would of other people, even if the others are people, say, that they have more complex cognitive interactions and other kinds of trust relationships... say day-to-day work relationships..

An obituary for Elmore Leonard noted that his characters, when stressed, would suddenly act.  But you never knew whether they were going to solve a crime or commit a crime or both at once until the act played out.

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