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A lot of amenities "worked" before because of aggressive social norm enforcement. For example, people experiencing persistent mental health issues would litera
by xyzzy123 4y ago
A lot of amenities "worked" before because of aggressive social norm enforcement.
For example, people experiencing persistent mental health issues would literally be locked up "for the common good".
I think what we are seeing is people trying to use technology to replace earlier (primarily social) technologies of control like shaming, religious instruction, tighter communities, aggressive policing etc.
It's not the amenities themselves being reinvented, it's new techniques of social control to uphold good behaviour and care for shared resources.
- rdtwo 4y agoYeah everyone is just trying to thread the needle off social Justice by using technology discriminate in ways that are not socially acceptable in highly liberal areas.
- coffee_beqn 4y ago> For example, people experiencing persistent mental health issues would literally be locked up "for the common good". I don’t know that we’re doing much better now. Is it so great that now the same people spend a few decades self-medicating and living like rats on the streets because they can’t escape their inner demons without extremely intense intervention? Do people really look at a person having a violent psychotic breakdown for the 10th time this year in the street and pat society on the back that at least he’s not in a mental institution..
- bparsons 4y agoSomehow, other OECD countries don't have these problems. They just properly fund public amenities and they magically function.