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This is so deep I can't tell if you're joking or not.

There are rural towns that have a completely different concept for a stop sign... backed by a lack of enforcement from officers.



It's actually a secret reference to the buddhist idea of "conventional reality", things that exist only by convention or agreement among people: political office, property ownership, money, diplomas, marriage, borders, ... most of modern life


Schelling point is another name for this.


Not quite as it is a more specific term - a Schelling point is a social construct but not all social constructs are Schelling points.

In particular a Schelling point is a default chosen without communicating it in the first place. None of the above examples count.


Don’t try to stop completely at each stop sign, that’s impossible.

Instead, only try to realize the truth... there are no stop signs.


Unless you're a cyclist (Idaho Stops are good!) you should always make a full and complete stop at a stop sign.

You're going to kill a pedestrian one of these days.


Don’t try to avoid pedestrians, that’s impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth... there are no pedestrians.




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