>>In general, if you want people who know how to handle money, look for working-class folks and single parents.<<
There are some people who believe that you don't 'count' enough to make decisions until you reach x-level income/wealth. This is used as a "stop arguing with me, I'm better than you," argument. Really not a good argument, in my opinion, but I think it might have enough traction that hiring a lot of working-class folks might not go over well.
Also interesting epiphany I had the other day: 1 America considers begging to be unethical 2 It is now common for people to beg for money to pay medical expenses (i.e. crowdfunding.) 3a Therefore, I hereby introduce the concept of 'white collar begging,' which is somehow more respectable... 3b ...and I so want to see a meatspace fundraiser advertise itself as "3D GoFundMe."
>>A different approach is a common-yard block where everything fronts the perimeter, each building has a small private area, and they share a large central greenspace. This works great both for homes and for business parks, although not so much for shopping.<<
It would be interesting to see one where the central area was used for communal homesteading...
...and for shopping, just put the stores around a park area. Or choose stores that go with an 'outdoor theme.' A garden center, animal shelter, or hardware store might all do nicely with an outdoor 'display area.'
>>What you can do is track in evaluations how comfortable and capable each employee is at implementing current plans.<<
Firing people who disagree as a universal policy is bad, you will miss out on important feedback. (It may be neccesary occasionally, if someone is a very bad fit and it cannot be handled gracefully.)
>>For every solution, ask whether it is better, the same, or worse than other solutions or doing nothing.<<
I'll suggest crowdsourcing info. If I were a politician, neighborhood planner, I'd want to have a social media platform for neighborhood discussion of new proposals...and likely some more old-school setups for people who don't have or don't like the social media.
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Date: 2021-11-15 11:56 pm (UTC)There are some people who believe that you don't 'count' enough to make decisions until you reach x-level income/wealth. This is used as a "stop arguing with me, I'm better than you," argument. Really not a good argument, in my opinion, but I think it might have enough traction that hiring a lot of working-class folks might not go over well.
Also interesting epiphany I had the other day:
1 America considers begging to be unethical
2 It is now common for people to beg for money to pay medical expenses (i.e. crowdfunding.)
3a Therefore, I hereby introduce the concept of 'white collar begging,' which is somehow more respectable...
3b ...and I so want to see a meatspace fundraiser advertise itself as "3D GoFundMe."
>>A different approach is a common-yard block where everything fronts the perimeter, each building has a small private area, and they share a large central greenspace. This works great both for homes and for business parks, although not so much for shopping.<<
It would be interesting to see one where the central area was used for communal homesteading...
...and for shopping, just put the stores around a park area. Or choose stores that go with an 'outdoor theme.' A garden center, animal shelter, or hardware store might all do nicely with an outdoor 'display area.'
>>What you can do is track in evaluations how comfortable and capable each employee is at implementing current plans.<<
Firing people who disagree as a universal policy is bad, you will miss out on important feedback. (It may be neccesary occasionally, if someone is a very bad fit and it cannot be handled gracefully.)
>>For every solution, ask whether it is better, the same, or worse than other solutions or doing nothing.<<
I'll suggest crowdsourcing info. If I were a politician, neighborhood planner, I'd want to have a social media platform for neighborhood discussion of new proposals...and likely some more old-school setups for people who don't have or don't like the social media.