Cameron Sinclair: The refugees of boom-and-bust

http://www.ted.com At TEDGlobal U, Cameron Sinclair shows the unreported cost of real estate megaprojects gone bust: thousands of migrant construction laborers left stranded and penniless. To his fellow architects, he says there is only one ethical response.

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[Daoak28]

Help feed a workers family for a year or buy a rolex?

[mayartay]

Has the TED Talks format changed to only 3 minutes? I wouldn't bother to sit in an auditorium for that, even if it was just down the hallway. Even these videos are becoming a waste of time now. They are just teasers, even when they are interesting.

[gaiabloke]

princeofexcess, I hear what you are saying re.Government keeping things Legal & above board in the private sector, however in reality there are more Fraudsters in the Government than anywhere else. FACT! Government is not about bringing in change for the betterment of the population, they are puppets installed for the sole purpose of keeping the status quo for the rich ruling elite & to assist the implementation of a world order that serves ONLY the ruling elite.

Woe to the SHEEPLE, Namaste

[princeofexcess]

what do you mean by quit playing their games? stop voting? stop paying taxes?... for me the only way of fixing the government is to get libertarians into republican office so they decrease the size of the government and fix the economy.

[berserkerkev]

@princeofexcess the human culture(worldwide) that allowed this, and fosters it, must be dismantled and this can only be achieved by opting out of it. We must quit playing - Of course you would have to opt out of ALL the entities that surround(and support) this dominion based event. the entities being heirarchies: government, religion and corporations which ...rule. they are to powerful and controlling to do anything but lessen there hold by ...quitting. quit playing their games. difficult?

[princeofexcess]

there is much more that i dont like in the current government. It should follow constitution and choices should be left for the states. If people like the law in the state they will move there and the state will profit if they dont like it they will run away and state will be forced to change its management. This way people benefit. If federal government grows bigger and bigger only the government benefits because it has more power not the people.

[princeofexcess]

I think government should enforce the laws and the incentive for breaking the law would diminish. The laws should be formed so basic human rights are protected. Right to your life, right to your property and money, and make it illegal so other frauds cant occur. Laws should prohibit one person stealing from other legally. I do not think current model for government is good. It gives money to companies that made errors from people that didnt make errors. We are paying for other peoples mistakes

[tyrannicoystercult]

ah i see how you're framing it and I agree. depending on how free a role you give goverment to manage and fix, they could theoretically do things to alter our social landscape quite a bit, taking away the incentive to break laws by making things for our needs plentiful, or some other managerial or mass-information solution, but leading to parts unkown. do you think going to radical new models is a valid path for government? in theory, the private sector is just animated citizens under that state

[glfunk]

The UAE should be picking up the cost, you know the money is there.

[princeofexcess]

stupid youtube i wanted to give you thumbs up misclicked and gave you thumbs down. :/ People are paying for the same thing twice as much because of the brand and they dont even realize it..

[princeofexcess]

it is not flaw in the privite sector. People are always corrupt. It is the flaw in government. Whether in execution (like law is broken and noone does anything because of corruption) or in government set up (the law is not set up to prevent certain behavior like stealing is legal: btw this happens right now with credit cards)

[princeofexcess]

private industry is ONLY corrupt if the government fails to manage it. The purpose of the GOVERNMENT is to prohibit corruption from happening in private market. Thats why there are laws it is illegal to steal it is illegal to make false promises it is illegal to threaten people and fraud people for money. Government takes care of making free market operate. Of course people are corrupt and try to brake those laws thats why governance should be designed in the way that does not allow for it.