institutional mechanisms, by creating an independent, strong, anti-corruption agency. And independent prosecution by punishing swiftly and surely the corrupt people by setting a strong example, punitive example, and by doing several other things that many other countries have successfully done to curb corruption substantially.Finally, politics is about incentive, just like economics. If, in a poor country like India, word-buying is what gets you to the winning post, I suspect people will continue
What do you see within it? to punitive systems. But there are lots of people, and there are countries who have taken on practices
Yeah. So I think that the fear sort of moves in different directions and takes different objects and is the source of the incredibly punitive criminal justice system that we've erected, the largest carceral state that's ever been built-- 5% of the world's population, 25% of its prison population.
And one of her public-spirited, altruistic handmaidens made a deposit of the equivalent of $100 But without being punitive , one should insist the people who enjoy the upside ought to be personally responsible, in a leveraged financial setting,
Impunitive, where you either deny blame, or you deny your own role in the blame. Or, intrapunitive, where you blame yourself too much. And each one of these can be problematic. Men tend to be more extra punitive or impunitive and women tend to be more intrapunitive. And there's a variety of sociological and cultural reasons that that's the case, but women tend to have a harder time taking credit. They tend to underestimate how much credit
I take care of your child and when I am sick, you take care of my child. Now, this system can't be sustained unless we have some punitive desires as well. Cuz what's if I help you on Tuesday and then Wednesday rolls around and you say, "I'm busy. I'm not going to do anything for you. You die." Well, if you would benefit from that, from that betrayal, then evolution, morality could never evolve. Kindness can never evolve. But you don't benefit because along with a desire to establish
Talk a little bit about that. But America has this deep sort of punitive leveling-down instinct.
They're much too risk-averse. The announcers tend to be really punitive to a guy when he decides to go for it. Basically on fourth and two or fourth and one, you should be going for it almost all the time, unless you're deep in
article. So a volatile guardian overreacts to minor mistakes, determines failure prematurely, assigns blame unfairly, and reacts defensively to feedback. So if somebody is extra punitive , they can be very hard to work with. They can be very hard to work for. And although this might protect their self-esteem and give them righteous anger and righteous rage instead of self-criticizing depression, they can be--, have a really hard time learning over time. Impunitive, which is denying blame, the big person on campus,
And an energy vampire is important to identify because they could bring it down. And so to address it not punitively , but lovingly, I hope that there is a way to do that here and to recognize not to get angry at the person, but that they need understanding.
You know, so it's actually a tremendous sense of discovery and exploration to experiment with how we pay attention so that we can actually open And if that is a pretty harsh voice-- kind of punitive or belittling-- you can recognize that.
Talk a little bit about that. and are appointed like a judiciary and probably produce far less punitive outcomes for that reason.
For 25 years we've been talking about failing schools and the need to reform education. Part of the problem is it's a little bit punitive language. Anybody wanna go to reform school?
a picture there, but most of these things is that--what's fascinating is where do they charge? It's free to play, but at what point do you invoke the price tag? And every game is different and they try not to make it punitive . You try not to create a two-tier society where paying users have, you know, like superpowers and . Instead there's two ways to get power. You can earn this with your time and labor, or you can buy it. So this is the classic time-money calculus. With Maple story, just to give you an example, when you
Youth of the United States believe our Birthright has been betrayed our inheritance has been squandered we will not accept a cruel and unfair future of incomprehensible debt punitive taxation economic disparity military conflict chronic disease an environmental
policy. They actually have maternity leave in a way that we do not as our law. They actually provide a childcare tax credit that makes it not punitively expensive to go to work after having a child, and they do any number of other things at the level of the system and for everybody.
So one section is on those foundational conversations about letting our children know that they can trust us, that we love them, that we're going to manage their emotions in a way that's teaching and guiding rather than punitive . Another section on self-awareness and acceptance, and really helping children learn about the qualities that will make them who they are, to those qualities
Even though you're tired, getting up 10 minutes earlier to have your coffee, take your shower before your kids are up, And I don't believe in harsh, punitive discipline.
Anybody wanna go to reform school? Raise your hands. It's very punitive . But beyond that I think that problem is not the right problem.
So they found this thing, this punitive replacement for the vacuum tube.
She was comparing Canadian approach to American approach which is far less punitive and makes much sharper distinctions and doesn't have this ongoing after. She was sort of shocked.
Or, water can be steam. And the same is true of people and their personalities, which is, we can be the equivalent of water, steam, and ice. And so, some people may not be extra punitive until they're under a certain kind of stress and then they can act out. Or, people may not be intrapunitive under normal circumstances, but then if things go wrong, if they're blamed by other people, it can push buttons. It can bring up early memories or what have you.
if you would benefit from that, from that betrayal, then evolution, morality could never evolve. Kindness can never evolve. But you don't benefit because along with a desire to establish connections and desire to be kind to others, we've evolved a punitive impulse to punish those that that violate cooperative agreements. These two parts of the story, the family part, what's called kin selection, and the part that involves community, reciprocal altruism, work together to establish a fundamental moral core involving those we are close to. I said that in a large
about a company and this company did some sort of practice, bad practice and you say how much do you want to find a company? You could find them a medium amount which will cause them some harm or appetite for revenge that runs out of control. One of the problems with our punitive desires and this is an issue with emotions more generally is they could become unmed from the purposes that they
or have fled to the suburbs, where they don't use this arbitrary and punitive regime for teachers.
People follow them because they feel that otherwise, there will be serious punitive consequences for them.
that their voices are heard because too often, it's only the victims that are seeking punitive policies and sentences that we hear from.
to do that. There's much more of a punitive attitude.
some sort of a punishment, which would probably be a punitive military incursion into Pakistan by the Indian army.
hopefully in an interesting and inspiring way that wasn't seen as being sort of critical or punitive .
I mean it should be, I'm not a fan of punitive tax levels but I don't think as currently structured there is a great deal of incentive for company that worries about the ultimate
they're getting from other people. And men, if they're displaying these dysfunctional personality types, tend to be more blaming of others. So, when it comes to these categories, extra punitive , there's the excitable, volatile guardian and all these are listed in the book as well as in the Harvard Business Review article. So a volatile guardian overreacts to minor mistakes, determines failure prematurely, assigns blame unfairly, and reacts defensively to feedback.
behavior. And this to me is the missing piece of the puzzle that once you appreciate that things that were otherwise mysterious could come clear and we understand we could understand better understand the bad behavior of other people and sometimes of ourselves. What's some examples of what I'm talking about? Well, one example is vengeance. We have a punitive impulse. And again, I think good behavior could never arise unless it's accompanied by some desire to um to punish those who who deceive, who free ride, who prey on others is a prerequisite. We need this
So Connel, just to ask you, so today if there was a ship that actually did strike a whale, is there no punitive --
Yeah. And you kind of touched in there about the funding for these projects and that there's this source where there's punitive money being collected
But they also tended to-- if they were religious, they tended to believe-- the happier people tended to believe in a loving god as opposed to a punitive god.
What do you see within it? And they're incredibly successful, and most of the time, less expensive than a punitive system.
Fear is a part of God in the sense that it is that feeble creature man's appropriate response to the infinite power and punitive nature
And finally, one of the lessons of the history of dealing with terrorist groups is the importance of punitive and preventative military expeditions.
And when I went to Bhutan, they're really focused on happiness, but it's a little bit punitive because one of their focuses on happiness
Well, this would solve the problem, or this would solve the problem, or maybe we should have some sort of punitive tax on ammo,
The OCEAN or CANOE Big Five is about normal personality, but it's also important to keep in mind that you might be displaying some of the attributes of dysfunctional personality types. And these dysfunctional personality types fall into three broad categories. They're extra punitive , where you blame other people too harshly. Impunitive, where you either deny blame, or you deny your own role in the blame. Or, intrapunitive, where you blame yourself too much. And each one of these can be problematic. Men tend
And this is because, again, the law is written so broadly and punitively that any landlord would fear criminal conviction
And this is, uh, as far as we know, the first person on Facebook, whoís punitively , his life was saved, a young boy who was very sick and, uh, he couldnít get a diagnosis.