After yet another terrorist attack the debate over the need to invest more money on surveillance has been brought up more than once. 
Considering the vast amount of money spent already and the non quantifiable cost of privacy loss, wouldn&#x27;t a better solution be to spend those money in education and better integration of minorities in the local communities rather than keeping tab on an ever growing number of people that may or may not be suspects? 
I would not propose this as an immediate shift, but rather spread it over a decade or more, even from a cost perspective wouldn&#x27;t it be more viable.
Ask HN: Is spending on surveillance a bad economic decision?