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Countries engage in espionage. Water is wet.
by HarryHirsch 14y ago
Countries engage in espionage. Water is wet.
- teawithcarl 14y agoCultural relativism (espionage damage is equal) trivializes towards inaction. Water is wet.
- coldtea 14y agoBias (our espionage is better) trivializes towards acceptance. Water is wet.
- diminoten 14y agoCountries don't usually engage in espionage on behalf of private entities, with other private entities as their target, with explicit economic goals.
- HarryHirsch 14y agoWhat? Industrial espionage is age-old, and you would expect nations to engage in it. It is a method of economic development.
- diminoten 14y agoNo you wouldn't, that's a huge conflict of interest in the modern world.
- hindsightbias 14y agoChina is the new France http://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/14/news/14iht-spy_.html http://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/14/news/14iht-spy_.html (which was the new Japan in 91 or so).
- diminoten 14y agoNo they're not, this is unlike anything anyone's ever done before, unless you decide to generalize to the point where you lose almost all relevant data.