When Hackerspaces started popping up all over the world, there was one that only had one rule; Don't do anything that causes us to have to make more rules. I often wonder how that turned out.
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Yeah, normally open minded communities start with one rule: don't be an idiot. Over time, it's become evident that people need to be told how to be a decent human
I think decency is part of it, but it comes down to homogeny. “Common courtesy” and “common” sense and such rely on common values that aren’t always shared. A combination of cultural factors sure, but also many people are rejecting traditional values and ideas of morality and civility. It’s the “Am I the A hole” post syndrome- ask the internet who is right or wrong and you may get a surprising diversity of opinions and reasons.
The people who think “parents deserve special treatment” and the people who think that there is nothing special about it. “Babies can’t help it and parents need to live” and “keep your weak pull out game off my plane..” in simple terms- the “golden rule” doesn’t work unless you and the other person think alike.
“Drive like your child lives here..” well… If I lived “here” I wouldn’t let my kids play in the street, so then no issues blasting through right? Probably not true- because they want you to drive like THEIR kids live there and they are worried. I had neighbors who used to throw huge parties- they’d rent amusements and such for their yard and blast music late into the night. They never complained about anyone else making noise or throwing parties- though no one on the block besides them hardly ever did. The problem there was that they simply had different ways and values, “you do you, I’ll do me..” sort of vibes, and in a neighborhood full of like minded people, the neighbor asking someone to keep it down would be the outcast, but in a neighborhood full of quiet people, the loud one is the outcast perhaps.
So sure “idiots” are often why we get certain rules, but mostly rules just create a common framework. That way regardless of our personal desires or instincts or senses of morality, when we interact with others we all can know and follow a set of common rules. It allows us to know what to expect and creates a framework for us to pursue grievances so that there is a measure of consistency. Societies and social collectives function on rules. When people think the same those rules are naturally followed, and when people are close they can work through disagreements and such. When people are diverse and not close, without rules to guide us is basically becomes a game of bullying anytime two people don’t see eye to eye and one wont back down.
The people who think “parents deserve special treatment” and the people who think that there is nothing special about it. “Babies can’t help it and parents need to live” and “keep your weak pull out game off my plane..” in simple terms- the “golden rule” doesn’t work unless you and the other person think alike.