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I was floored when I met some students from NYU who explained they've installed nets in the library because there have been so many suicides from people jumping

by grecy 4y ago

I was floored when I met some students from NYU who explained they've installed nets in the library because there have been so many suicides from people jumping. Yikes. Not exactly how I remember it.. but yeah. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nyu-bobst-library-suicides-aluminum-screens_n_1812743 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nyu-bobst-library-suicides-al...

bobthepanda 4y ago
NYU is also more vertical than most universities in the US. How many university buildings in the US are 12 floors or higher?
- grecy 4y ago
  I don't care if the building 100 floors - the problem is not the height of the building. The problem is that young people in the US who are clearly privileged enough to attend a very prestigious university are driven to suicide.
  - bobthepanda 4y ago
    Tall structures everywhere are suicide magnets because they are fairly accessible and the means of death is easy and (seems) fairly certain. It’s why you can’t build a large bridge with a pedestrian walkway without some kind of safety netting, and that’s globally.
    - grecy 4y ago
      Countries by suicides per 100,000 population: US: 14.5 UK: 6.9 Germany: 8.3 The problem IS NOT tall structures. The problem is something about US society. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_r...
      - yunohn 4y ago
        > the problem is not tall structures https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/countries https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/countries The data shows that the USA has way more tall buildings than most of Europe, by more than an order of magnitude. Disclaimer: I don’t agree they’re a leading cause, rather an accessory to a suicide premeditated by various health/societal factors.
ben_w 4y ago
I remember when the exact same thing was used to berate Apple for working with Foxconn. Looking at the date of the article, they were almost contemporary.

by grecy 4y ago

bobthepanda 4y ago

NYU is also more vertical than most universities in the US. How many university buildings in the US are 12 floors or higher?

grecy 4y ago
I don't care if the building 100 floors - the problem is not the height of the building. The problem is that young people in the US who are clearly privileged enough to attend a very prestigious university are driven to suicide.
- bobthepanda 4y ago
  Tall structures everywhere are suicide magnets because they are fairly accessible and the means of death is easy and (seems) fairly certain. It’s why you can’t build a large bridge with a pedestrian walkway without some kind of safety netting, and that’s globally.
  - grecy 4y ago
    Countries by suicides per 100,000 population: US: 14.5 UK: 6.9 Germany: 8.3 The problem IS NOT tall structures. The problem is something about US society. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_r...
    - yunohn 4y ago
      > the problem is not tall structures https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/countries https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/countries The data shows that the USA has way more tall buildings than most of Europe, by more than an order of magnitude. Disclaimer: I don’t agree they’re a leading cause, rather an accessory to a suicide premeditated by various health/societal factors.

ben_w 4y ago

I remember when the exact same thing was used to berate Apple for working with Foxconn. Looking at the date of the article, they were almost contemporary.