Automatic mechanisms lower risk by deterring tests of resolve

Evidence

The tactic may be the less risky, the more automatic the mechanism is; the more automatic it is, the less incentive the enemy has to test my intentions in a war of nerves, prolonging the period of risk. — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 808

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Automatic threat mechanisms reduce risk by discouraging nerve tests; Disembedding mechanisms remove control from individuals and create collective risk — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 310; Automated targeting thresholds centralize atrocity into a single parameter-setting decision.

Related

• Automatic threat mechanisms reduce risk by discouraging nerve tests (similarity 0.95)

Broader Connections

• Disembedding mechanisms remove control from individuals and create collective risk #complicates (0.78) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 310
• Automated targeting thresholds centralize atrocity into a single parameter-setting decision. #expands (0.78)