The UN Is Using Virtual Reality to Make the Rich and Powerful Feel Empathy | Motherboard
Heads of state, billionaire donors and other decision makers make up a key intended audience for these films. In the first UN VR doc, Clouds Over Sidra, a young Syrian girl takes viewers on a poignant tour of the Za’atari refugee camp where she lives. Its first screening was held at the World Economic Forum in Davos where some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people donned headsets to experience a slice of displaced life in Syria.
In his former role as a senior policy advisor at the UN, Arora says he saw first-hand the disconnect that can exist between the powerful and those who live with the consequences of their decisions.
“I think a lot of these people, even when they would go into Za’atari Camp or someplace like that, it’s with an entourage,” he says. “I just didn’t feel like they were really, truly understanding what it’s like to walk in someone else’s shoes, and I think that all of them need to.”
(Source: new-aesthetic)
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"the invention of the police was just one part of a state effort to manage and shape the workforce on a day-to-day basis. Governments also expanded their systems of poor relief in order to regulate the labor market, and they developed the system of public education to regulate workers’ minds."
— https://worxintheory.wordpress.com/2014/12/07/origins-of-the-police/
