The shopping cart thing is no longer a good test of character. The whole idea is there’s no reward for doing it and no punishment for not doing it. Now that everyone knows that there’s a large contingent of the population who could be judging them for their actions, it’s not the same thing anymore. It’s more like a test of how a panopticon situation effects people.
Id like to run a test where we silently observe cart return behaviour on hidden camera, and compare return rates with when we station people outside the shops to stare at cart users who are loading their shopping into their cars
These things aren’t just tests of characters. They also generate character. It’s a feedback loop, and it’s okay if you do things with a known context of judgment, because just adhering to the rules grows your credit with society.
The shopping cart thing is no longer a good test of character. The whole idea is there’s no reward for doing it and no punishment for not doing it. Now that everyone knows that there’s a large contingent of the population who could be judging them for their actions, it’s not the same thing anymore. It’s more like a test of how a panopticon situation effects people.
Id like to run a test where we silently observe cart return behaviour on hidden camera, and compare return rates with when we station people outside the shops to stare at cart users who are loading their shopping into their cars
These things aren’t just tests of characters. They also generate character. It’s a feedback loop, and it’s okay if you do things with a known context of judgment, because just adhering to the rules grows your credit with society.