Mockus and the traffic mimes

In Bogotá, a delightful contrast to the fascistic authoritarianism that is so prevalent now. I love the playfulness of this, the artistry of it, the implicit argument that a state does not need violence (or the threat thereof) to encourage people to behave differently. More traffic mimes and fewer traffic cops, please!

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Academic turns city into a social experiment — Harvard Gazette

Antanas Mockus had just resigned from the top job of Colombian National University. A mathematician and philosopher, Mockus looked around for another big challenge and found it: to be in…