In our insulated professional class, no profession ever takes responsibility for its failures. Instead, they blame ordinary people. It’s easier that way, instead of being reflective and asking hard questions of ourselves. Also, it helps people keep good-paying jobs and contracts.
Traffic engineers and planners have designed dangerous environments for nearly 100 years. Instead of owning that, they blame users for reckless driving.
This is why change always comes from outside the professions, a la Jane Jacobs
If traffic engineers can only do what they’ve been asked to do, based on established inputs of data, then sounds like they’re begging to be automated! Look, if my job didn’t actually require any human agency or nuance, I wouldn’t be bragging about it on Twitter.
In our insulated professional class, no profession ever takes responsibility for its failures. Instead, they blame ordinary people. It’s easier that way, instead of being reflective and asking hard questions of ourselves. Also, it helps people keep good-paying jobs and contracts.
Traffic engineers and planners have designed dangerous environments for nearly 100 years. Instead of owning that, they blame users for reckless driving.
This is why change always comes from outside the professions, a la Jane Jacobs
If traffic engineers can only do what they’ve been asked to do, based on established inputs of data, then sounds like they’re begging to be automated! Look, if my job didn’t actually require any human agency or nuance, I wouldn’t be bragging about it on Twitter.