Daniel_Burfoot comments on 2013 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

78 Post author: Yvain 22 November 2013 09:26AM

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Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 23 November 2013 04:02:30PM 4 points [-]

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This phenomenon is very real and should have a catchy phrase to describe it.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 23 November 2013 04:35:01PM 4 points [-]

In my workplace we call it "crisis management," fully aware of the ambiguity of that phrase.

Comment author: Lumifer 26 November 2013 03:36:45PM 1 point [-]

The observation that scared populace is easy to control is very very old.

Comment author: simplicio 26 November 2013 02:49:15PM 0 points [-]

Similar to the "shock doctrine", but that is an explicitly leftist idea so it probably doesn't work to name the generalized phenomenon.