randomizing security

l.a. airport is using randomization to detect terrorists. people should consider randomization as an approach more often, because we get lulled by consistency. or rather, increasing chaos and diversity intentionally in a large system is a good way to ensure you get a full range of coverage and possibilities. this might be counter-intuitive for discrete reasoning, but is how nature does things really.

i’m increasingly wondering if our analytic reasoning tends to leave us thinking in terms of discrete, competing forms when really life is much more variable and rich. not just complex, but life is beyond our tendency to categorize and sort altogether. therefore, appreciating our own limitation and tendency to pigeon hole will open us up to more ways of thinking about the world and eco-system and systems in general. even while analytic analysis and ontologies are quite helpful.

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