TSA Security Theatre 0
Recently, New York Times reporter Matt Richtel tried to find out why TSA screening procedures for laptops are what they are (take them out of the bag, etc.). His quest was fruitless; he ran up against a wall of “we can’t tell” and “talk to the other guy.”
Ken Eisold thinks he knows what’s behind it:
The show must grow on.
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We don’t expect things to be simplified and made easier. We care more about security and safety. Driven largely by anxiety and fear, we recoil not just from the physical threat of bombs but also from the risk of being blamed for what goes wrong. We don’t want to feel guilty. We don’t want to be singled out.
