Comments on: BandAid http://paulaitken.com/2008/03/30/bandaid/ the website of paul aitken, guitarist - improviser - scholar Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:26:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Kishore Budha http://paulaitken.com/2008/03/30/bandaid/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Kishore Budha Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:36:52 +0000 http://www.paulaitken.com/2008/03/30/bandaid/#comment-50 One would think that we would have become cynical after all the band aids, live aids, and other symbolic gestures failed to bring about a Real change. Can't recollect off hand but a study of people's attitudes towards oil during the 70s crisis revealed some interesting facts about our attitudes towards such things. While respondents agreed on all the scientific reasons for the problem (gasoline guzzler cars, dependence on oil, rampant industrialisation and commodification), the moment they were asked would they agree to changes in lifestyle (sharing cars, extra taxes for public transport) the response was a NO. I am sure this particular act (dimming of lights) would raise the salience (as in the research) but would it actually change attitudes? hmmmm One would think that we would have become cynical after all the band aids, live aids, and other symbolic gestures failed to bring about a Real change. Can’t recollect off hand but a study of people’s attitudes towards oil during the 70s crisis revealed some interesting facts about our attitudes towards such things. While respondents agreed on all the scientific reasons for the problem (gasoline guzzler cars, dependence on oil, rampant industrialisation and commodification), the moment they were asked would they agree to changes in lifestyle (sharing cars, extra taxes for public transport) the response was a NO.

I am sure this particular act (dimming of lights) would raise the salience (as in the research) but would it actually change attitudes? hmmmm

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