Does Increasing Freedom Make People Nicer?

Red Lights, Roundels, and Rules

Watch the video below. I know it’s 15 minutes, but it is quite interesting in its own right, and I believe I can also frame it in a larger philosophical and political context.

In brief…

The English town of Poynton was suffering because its downtown was situated at the intersection of two major trunk roads. Traffic, noise, accidents, danger crossing the ro…