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It's outlined in the article, but I think it's worth saying again: the most difficult part of what they're doing seems to be getting people to change their habi
by blhack 9y ago
It's outlined in the article, but I think it's worth saying again: the most difficult part of what they're doing seems to be getting people to change their habits.
It's the same psychology involved in pollution and climate change. Because people don't see an immediate reaction to for instance plastic-pollution, it's harder to get them to understand the serious effects that it is having.
- nemacol 9y agoI get what you are saying, but a turd on the ground is pretty immediate. :P
- blhack 9y agoWell that is true, but the effects that turd has on drinking water and overall health isn't quite as obvious.
- vivekd 9y agoisn't it, I mean it lets off a strong order to warn us. Are there people in the world who don't realize that poo is bad for you?
- weeksie 9y agoSpoken like someone who hasn't spent a lot of time in India ;)
- johnnydoe9 9y agoYeah they're doing great work but I've actually met people who told us they didn't want to use the toilets because they couldn't "build up the pressure" in the cramped space since they are used to the open fields since decades. This is going to take a long time but they're actually doing a pretty good job at installing toilets that's for sure.
- mkagenius 9y ago> build up the pressure That's true for modern humans too -- without the phone, they can't build up the pressure.
- blhack 9y agoI wonder: has anybody tried building a squat toilet that is out in the open without any walls around it? That might help with some of the habit changes required. Just give people exactly what they are asking for.