People located in Silicon Valley because it was a nice bucolic place to live. We Californians don't much consider the possibility of earthquakes because they are likely to be such a small part of our future. Fire and flood are more important for many of us.
The fault had nothing to do with land-values. Few people in residence kept land-values lower. When more people - and highly paid people at that - came to the area, land-values soared, as they always do. Yet, the Santa Clara valley is probably still pretty sparsely populated (because of high land-values). Tornados are much more frightening , as my good wife used to say, yet people by the millions live in tornado areas and many are killed. (Why they do so is part of Georgist analysis, but then Georgist analysis covers most things.) Harry ****************************** Henry George School of Los Angeles Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 (818) 352-4141 ****************************** -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of D and N Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 8:19 AM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION Subject: Re: [Futurework] Question: Land and taxes were cheaper in that area because of the fault = greater profits D On 3/16/2011 7:50 AM, Michael Gurstein wrote: > Hmmm... So how do socially engineer motivation... Globally visible > trials/stocks would be one way... > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur > Cordell > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:39 AM > To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION'; > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Question: > > > Some years ago I was in conversation with the head of Bell Northern > Research. I said that isn't it odd that Silicon Valley and all the > high tech activities and research was located along the San Andreas > Fault. Aren't we taking chances? What will happen if we suddenly lose > the people and research/manufacturing capacity when an earthquake > hits, as it surely will one of these days or years. > > He said Yes, he thinks about it too. But you know the enormous > investments are still there and the San Andreas Fault is still there > and after it happens everyone will say: Why didn't we do something about it. > > Human nature and denial is the X factor in all of this. > > arthur > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael > Gurstein > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 8:30 AM > To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'; > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Question: > > This might work for the folks in Japan, but what about for GE the > designers/builders of the reactors? > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur > Cordell > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 8:56 AM > To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION'; > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Question: > > > this was how it was done in times past > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku > > > http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_hari_kari > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael > Gurstein > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 12:14 AM > To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'; > [email protected] > Subject: [Futurework] Question: > > Should officials who, out of greed and stupidity locate a nuclear > plant with inadequate safety measures on a well-known earthquake fault > line be tried for crimes against humanity? > > M > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
