We can't address concerns if they aren't based in reality.

"the unhoused man in a fit of rage yelling at passers-by is never filed with the police"

Good. That's not a crime.

pbhjpbhj 9 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I don't disagree, but reflecting solely on your comment, I wonder if we should try and capture/record such disorder as a preliminary step to coming up with better ways to tackle it?

It probably loops back to better mental health care provision? But might also relate to provision of social housing? Or any number of things. These sorts of indicators can feed into a 'gross happiness quotient' to help us focus on improving society for all of us, not just feeding the greed of the billionaires which a lot of Western society seems to be subservient to right now.

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pj_mukh 44 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

I think you're saying that because you imagine the only alternative is for the police to come in and beat the homeless man up. But simply accepting it, or state violence aren't the only two options.

If we don't make better governance possible, we make Flock inevitable.

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ryandrake 20 minutes ago | parent [-]

Fortunately, at least for now, "Governance" doesn't involve the state coming in to do anything to someone who's not breaking the law. Homeless people have enough problems, they don't need the police to harass them and shoo them away constantly (even without violence).

Just because much of the public think of the homeless as an eyesore that they don't want to see, and they make them briefly face uncomfortable realities, doesn't justify blanketing cities with cops and cameras.

	▲	pj_mukh 6 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Flock is simply the public saying we don't trust the government in being able to keep us safe, so lets hire AI to do it. "shooing them away constantly" is also not the only option, but the bare point is the sidewalk has a purpose and it isn't housing. If the government can't enforce that, what else can it not enforce? The unhoused person needs better options and incentives and there are people far more qualified than me to tell us what they are, but they all agree the street is about the worst place for them.