Friends Are Genetically Similar (2014)

Re:Friends Are Genetically Similar (2014) by bluthru on Monday September 11, 2017 @05:27PM (#15222510)

Urbanization doesn't necessarily regress the issues I'm talking about, especially since cities can still have their own neighborhood and block communities.

Urbanization isn't unnatural and it agrees with our tribal instincts.

Look at Tokyo: extremely high density with extremely small social unrest. Paris, now a collection of different tribes, can't say the same.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Friends Are Genetically Similar (2014) by emodendroket on Monday September 11, 2017 @06:11PM (#15222894)

Is that the only thing that's different about Tokyo and Paris? Beijing is over 95% Han Chinese and yet I don't think things look as harmonious.

On another note, I think Japan ends up with kind of a distorted picture since so much of the crime is associated with organized criminal groups with ties to legitimate business and government operating with a degree of openness that I think would surprise most Western observers. Dubro's Yakuza book is a great primer on the topic.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Friends Are Genetically Similar (2014) by bluthru on Monday September 11, 2017 @08:13PM (#15223673)

>Is that the only thing that's different about Tokyo and Paris?

I'm not claiming that. I am claiming that multiculturalism plays a role, which many people refuse to acknowledge.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Friends Are Genetically Similar (2014) by emodendroket on Monday September 11, 2017 @08:38PM (#15223803)

I don't think the role is as significant as you are claiming.

[ Parent | on HN ]