Comments on: Changing Behavior through Fun http://www.neohouston.com/2009/10/changing-behavior-through-fun/ advocating urbanism in the opportunity city Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:06:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Alon Levy http://www.neohouston.com/2009/10/changing-behavior-through-fun/#comment-542 Alon Levy Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:06:40 +0000 http://www.neohouston.com/?p=1602#comment-542 In Tokyo, the government began a ties-off program, encouraging men to go to work without jackets or ties in the summer, so that air conditioners would be set for a higher temperature. Most American cities, including Houston, would do well to learn how Tokyo is implementing its program. I believe Tokyo started by making senior government leaders follow it, encouraging business to adopt the same dress code. In Tokyo, the government began a ties-off program, encouraging men to go to work without jackets or ties in the summer, so that air conditioners would be set for a higher temperature. Most American cities, including Houston, would do well to learn how Tokyo is implementing its program. I believe Tokyo started by making senior government leaders follow it, encouraging business to adopt the same dress code.

]]> By: Keep Houston Houston http://www.neohouston.com/2009/10/changing-behavior-through-fun/#comment-541 Keep Houston Houston Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:53:33 +0000 http://www.neohouston.com/?p=1602#comment-541 In the U.S., the transit authority would get sued when some jr-higher injured himself trying to play "Giant Steps" In the U.S., the transit authority would get sued when some jr-higher injured himself trying to play “Giant Steps”

]]> By: Monty http://www.neohouston.com/2009/10/changing-behavior-through-fun/#comment-540 Monty Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:56:22 +0000 http://www.neohouston.com/?p=1602#comment-540 "Dress for the Weather Week" sounds like a good idea but it will never happen without coercion. "Why do men wear suits?" is the question you need to ponder. Its answer, I speculate, has nothing to do with fun or fashion. Just the opposite! A suit is all about power. And therefore, 68 degrees is also about power. To alter culture, you must alter power. Fun can be used effectively to this end, because many kinds of power derive from the willing submission of the masses to a rut or tradition. If the masses take another road... suits could lose. “Dress for the Weather Week” sounds like a good idea but it will never happen without coercion.

“Why do men wear suits?” is the question you need to ponder. Its answer, I speculate, has nothing to do with fun or fashion. Just the opposite! A suit is all about power. And therefore, 68 degrees is also about power.

To alter culture, you must alter power. Fun can be used effectively to this end, because many kinds of power derive from the willing submission of the masses to a rut or tradition. If the masses take another road… suits could lose.

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