Exhaustive bureaucratic planning can create false psychological closure about danger

Evidence

reading these pages that tracked down the unpredictable from comma to comma, Grange felt inexpressibly reassured: it was as though the war were already over. — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 49

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 49
• XREF: connects to: People unconsciously avoid confronting evidence that contradicts their sense of safety — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 229; Bureaucratic war preparation can produce anticlimax rather than combat — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 49; A sense of safety in wartime is fragile and self-consciously temporary — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 50 (+8 more)

Library Connections

• Being bypassed by a distant battle can produce a false sense of security #exemplifies (0.80) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 421

Broader Connections

• Confidence in expert systems can be catastrophically misplaced #expands (0.80) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 13
• A sense of safety in wartime is fragile and self-consciously temporary #qualifies (0.75) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 50