Human empathy is not a linear function; it is a discrete signal that requires a specific signal-to-noise ratio to trigger a collective response. When the impact of an atrocity falls below a certain percentage of the population—a “viral threshold”—the social immune system fails to activate. This mechanical indifference is not a bug in human nature; it is a vulnerability that can be exploited by any well-equipped adversary to run large-scale operations with total impunity.The Mathematics of “Ac...