Last Lecture 'Non Specialis' by Jens Ludwig

In the inaugural Last Lecture at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, Jens Ludwig answers the question, "If you had but one lecture to give, what would you say?"

Jens Ludwig is the Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor, Director of the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab, Co-Director of the Education Lab, and Co-director of the National Bureau of Economic Research’s working group on the economics of crime.

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Good talk and excellent framing for some old psych experiments. However I think the message of "people aren't bad, situations are" doesn't always apply. Perhaps a methodology of "tit for tat" where you start by trusting the person, then do unto them what they do unto you would be a better solution.

Problem is you have to start each new interaction by trusting (which means no stereotyping) and if the person does later turn good you have to be good to them again. Complicated.