instant feedback
so one of these days i'm going to market two new devices for your car.
one will be a multi-directional paint gun. there is a serious lack of etiquette in drivers out there today. people do stupid shit that they would never tolerate in other drivers. but why does this trend continue to propagate? lack of negative feedback. people don't even hear horns or yelling anymore. and the finger? forget it, they just stare straight ahead and don't even give you the chance. so how can we discourage such crude behavior? how can we get people to be polite again?
paint. i think we can solve many of our ails by holding people accountable, on a grassroots level. you do something totally boneheaded, something that really disrupts people's lives? you get a paintball shot on your car. at first i thought a bb gun would be good, you know, do some real damage. but that clearly would get a lot of people in trouble. but paint works. no permanant damage, kind of like the damage you cause when you drive in the left hand lane when you shouldn't be there.
ok, time for a tangent: ok genius. take a look around. do you see the long line of cars behind you? do you see the car to your right that's driving at the same speed. ok, then get the fuck over! you don't belong in the left lane, also known as the PASSING LANE. you're not passing anyone so let others by. it is not your right to have the entire left lane to yourself because you want the warm fuzzy feeling of having an empty highway ahead of you. everyone else pays taxes and tolls just like you. in fact, there are more of those people than there are you so get a grip.
back on topic. negative feedback must be consistent and closely correlated (temporally) to the offending incident to be effective. so, the next time some dude cuts you off or steals your parking space. don't endanger you and your car. just tag him a few times with your new Negative Feedback Paint Gun. sick of washing paint off your car? well change your shitty behavior then, bitch!
item 2 to be presented tomorrow...
p$
one will be a multi-directional paint gun. there is a serious lack of etiquette in drivers out there today. people do stupid shit that they would never tolerate in other drivers. but why does this trend continue to propagate? lack of negative feedback. people don't even hear horns or yelling anymore. and the finger? forget it, they just stare straight ahead and don't even give you the chance. so how can we discourage such crude behavior? how can we get people to be polite again?
paint. i think we can solve many of our ails by holding people accountable, on a grassroots level. you do something totally boneheaded, something that really disrupts people's lives? you get a paintball shot on your car. at first i thought a bb gun would be good, you know, do some real damage. but that clearly would get a lot of people in trouble. but paint works. no permanant damage, kind of like the damage you cause when you drive in the left hand lane when you shouldn't be there.
ok, time for a tangent: ok genius. take a look around. do you see the long line of cars behind you? do you see the car to your right that's driving at the same speed. ok, then get the fuck over! you don't belong in the left lane, also known as the PASSING LANE. you're not passing anyone so let others by. it is not your right to have the entire left lane to yourself because you want the warm fuzzy feeling of having an empty highway ahead of you. everyone else pays taxes and tolls just like you. in fact, there are more of those people than there are you so get a grip.
back on topic. negative feedback must be consistent and closely correlated (temporally) to the offending incident to be effective. so, the next time some dude cuts you off or steals your parking space. don't endanger you and your car. just tag him a few times with your new Negative Feedback Paint Gun. sick of washing paint off your car? well change your shitty behavior then, bitch!
item 2 to be presented tomorrow...
p$
posted by perspectus at
12:00 AM
1 Comments:
I feel like I deserve to be co-author of this one.
But what if we took this concept a step further? Why should it be limited to cars? People constantly display rude behavior on subways, on the sidewalk, in elevators, at restaurants, on their cell phones.
Think about a site like eBay that monitors itself and its own members and, presumably, build a stronger community because people can leave feedback for one another that is visible to other users.
In society in general, this doesn't exist. If you showed up to work and you car was covered in paint, your co-workers and boss would know you were an asshole. But how can we take that concept and broaden it? How can we penalize negative behavior, but honestly the bigger opportunity, how can we collectively reward positive behavior beyond just the highway?
If someone holds the elevator for me when I'm clearly running late, wouldn't it be great if I could give them the equivalent of a gold star, one that would be visible to others? It is similar to the Red Cross giving you a sticker that says "Be nice to me, I donated blood today".
And of course, if some moron closes the elevator on me, shouldn't I be able to debit his kindness quotient?
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