Two Thoughts
Calling back to margin thinking, it just occurred to me that no matter what you do, the last dollar you were paid was paid because you were able, or at the least willing, to do something that nobody else would do for a dollar less. Is that profound?
Also, it’s frequently repeated that terrorism is a new kind of warfare and geopolitical relations will never be the same, etc. I agree, but it occurred to me that piracy was actually pretty close to terrorism in the early eras of the US. Essentially non-state agents doing damage to the homeland or citizens abroad.