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I've lived in major american cities across the country for my entire life during that time period, crime has steadily declined. on the data side there isn't really disagreement about that. what explains the widespread sentiment that crime is rising? why do so many people believe that cities, in general, are overrun by crime and underpoliced? most interesting to me is that people across regions, demographics, political affiliation are extremely concerned about U.S. (national) crime & routinely think its worse than the year before. but those same respondents, again across the board, are far less worried about crime's seriousness in their local area. they still think its worse than before. it's almost accepted wisdom at this point. what explains the gap in data & sentiment? and perceptions of local crime (not bad but more than before) vs. national crime (bad & getting worse!)
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Security has been the underlying premise for all of evolution. It’s even in the blockchain. Healthy paranoia is good, extreme paranoia turns society into Gotham. Imo the difference lies in what information can be consumed, and global affairs is easier to consume than local nowadays. Global has a loose definition.
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Security should be a top social priority! My main concern is a country where crime is low, but we think it’s high, and that perception is used to curtail civil liberties. Example: have a large prison population, vast majority nonviolent crime, something that has lots of bipartisan criticism, but we likely won’t see shrink anytime soon. Flip side of this data is how we measure or prioritize different methods of crime reduction. We should take seriously understanding what is happening and how effective our solutions are, and be wary of vibes based policy
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