jane jacobs and the voice of the monstrous hybrid
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From Code for America Ignite 2012. An introduction to Jane Jacobs's hypothesis of the two "guardian" and "merchant/commercial" moral syndromes that govern society and some examples of what happens when the two collide. Video available at http://vimeo.com/52651308 (password: measuredvoice)TRANSCRIPT
Jane Jacobs and the Voice of the Monstrous Hybrid!!
Presented by @jedsundwall at #IgniteCfA, 2012!
1961! 1992!
Jane Jacobs was a seer!
Guardians! Merchants!
Guardians!
• Shun trading!• Exert prowess!• Be obedient and disciplined!• Adhere to tradition!• Respect hierarchy!• Be loyal!• Take vengeance!• Deceive for the sake of the task!• Make rich use of leisure!• Be ostentatious!• Dispense largesse!• Be exclusive!• Show fortitude!• Be fatalistic!• Treasure honor!
• Shun force!• Compete!• Be efficient!• Be open to inventiveness & novelty!• Use initiative and enterprise!• Come to voluntary agreements!• Respect contracts!• Dissent for the sake of the task!• Be industrious!• Be thrifty!• Invest for productive purposes!• Collaborate easily with strangers!• Promote comfort and convenience!• Be optimistic!• Be honest!
Merchants!
Shun force!Compete!Be efficient!Be open to inventiveness & novelty!Use initiative and enterprise!Come to voluntary agreements!Respect contracts!Dissent for the sake of the task!Be industrious!Be thrifty!Invest for productive purposes!Collaborate easily with strangers!Promote comfort and convenience!Be optimistic!Be honest!
Merchants!Guardians!
Shun trading!Exert prowess!
Be obedient and disciplined!Adhere to tradition!
Respect hierarchy!Be loyal!
Take vengeance!Deceive for the sake of the task!
Make rich use of leisure!Be ostentatious!
Dispense largesse!Be exclusive!
Show fortitude!Be fatalistic!
Treasure honor!
Monstrous Hybrid!
Gremlins 2!
From: http://theartpocalypse.tumblr.com/post/16151242003!
U.S. Postal Service!
Privatized Prisons / Law Enforcement!See also: Robocop!
State and federal incarceration rate per 100,000 population 1925 - 2004!
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Incarceration Rate per 100,000 population
79!
504!
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics!
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Ethics!Ethics is about *identifying limits*.!
Asymptote approaching ideal incarceration rate!
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Ethics v. Economics!Ethics is about *identifying limits*.!Economics is about *maximization*.!
Imprison all the things!!
The Fourth Estate !
Don’t follow @NancyGraceTags!
George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," 1946!
Political Campaigns!
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.!
Political Campaign ≠ Public Service Organization!
What should guardian organizations sound like?!
From: The New Yorker!
Stewardship.!
@jedsundwall!
Thank you merchants. Thank you guardians.!!
Thank you.!