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THE DEVIL’S TOY BOX T h e D e v i l’ s T o y B o x Exposing and Defusing Promethean Terrorists A ndr e w Fox Potomac Books An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press © 2022 by Andrew Fox All rights reserved. Potomac Books is an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press. Manufactured in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Fox, Andrew J., author. Title: The devil’s toy box: exposing and defusing Promethean terrorists / Andrew Fox. Description: Lincoln: Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2022] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: lccn 2021043988 isbn 9781640124790 (hardback) isbn 9781640125360 (epub) isbn 9781640125377 (pdf) Subjects: lcsh: Terrorism— Prevention. | Security, Interna- tional. | bisac: political science / Security (National & International) | political science / Terrorism Classification: lcc hv6431 .f677 2022 | ddc 363.325— dc23/ eng/20220114 lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021043988 Set in Arno Pro by Mikala R. Kolander. The views expressed in this book are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the sigma organization. For Dara, who managed the house and kids while I was in Monterey, who put up with my stacks of research materials in our bedroom, and who formatted my big, fat thesis Contents List of Illustrations . . ix List of Tables . . xi Acknowledgments . . xiii Prologue: The Parable of the Devil’s Toy Box . . 1 1. Future Shock Visits the Subway: The 1995 Aum Shinrikyo Sarin Gas Assault as a Prototypical Promethean Terror Strike . . 7 2. Made in Japan? Or “Overeducated and Underemployed”? . . 29 3. Promethean Technologies: Adding Accelerants to the Spreading Fire . . 51 4. Endless Threats: Promethean Technology’s Mind- Bending Challenge to Homeland Security . . 71 5. Selecting the Tools to Build a Promethean Spyglass: A Brief Survey of Seventy Years’ Worth of Forecasting Methods . . 101 6. The Core of a Devil’s Toy Box Analytical Team? Science Fiction Writers . . 123 7. The Promethean Spyglass: Doing a Devil’s Toy Box Analysis Right . . 155 Conclusion: Buy That Fire Insurance Policy! . . 213 Notes . . 223 Index . . 231 Illustrations 1. Example of Technology Sequence Analysis (harvesting robot) . . 108
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