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jvanderbotonMar 28, 2021
jkhdigitalonJune 11, 2021
His takeaway is that society is a pretty bleak place when we all lose our “default to trust” mode of operation.
CalChrisonJune 16, 2021
He has a New Yorker writing style but without having anything to say.
sjg007onJune 16, 2021
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory
It is also known as stop and frisk. This type of policing has also been adopted to traffic stops as well and arguably has lead to warrior cop policing.
Gladwell discusses the implications of this in Talking to Strangers.
So if you want a perspective on guns, gun violence, policing from the 1970s until today, I recommend it.
specialistonJune 16, 2021
Wide spread cargo cult adoption of Kansas City's policing strategy ignored the science, explaining why few reproduced KC's successes, with all sorts of terrible consequences, resulting many senseless deaths, and destroying trust and legitmacy of policing.
Just another tale of bad policy, unintended consequences, railing against entrenched dogma.
In this case, Gladwell's quixotic suggestion is to step back, reassess, try again. Daylighting the science during this cycle of turmoil seems reasonable. Might even help.
What more could he do? What would you do?