I went to a talk last night with Jim Diers, Seattle’s ex Neighborhood Czar. Here are my notes:
- The solution to neighborhood crime isn’t more policing, it’s replacing the crime with legitimate activity
- A natural consequence punishment for graffiti is painting murals (which tend to prevent tagging)
- Economic crises generate non-market economic activity
- If TV is killing community, then community must be boring
- Local activism has more easy victories than global struggles like climate change, therefore it’s easier to get people involved
- Everyone has 3 things to offer: unique knowledge, passions and skills
- Prostitutes, etc came out of our community, so a good community would see helping them as everyone’s responsibility, not just getting rid of them
- It’s often a easier to just do stuff than to get government to do it
- Soup kitchens can have clients cook the food and the benefactors join in eating it
Jack
The lack of Atheist soup kitchens is still one of Religion’s big pluses.
Jared
Atheist soup kitchens are called “The Government”.