TED Talk a Day - Day 12: Let's Treat Violence Like a Contagious Disease by Gary Slutkin

I'll be honest, what first caught my eye was the guy's last name.  When i saw the title, though, i was intrigued.  Here are my notes from Gary Slutkin's TED talk, Let's Treat Violence Like a Contagious Disease:

• Punishment is highly over-valued.  It is not a main driver of behavior change
• On a map, violence and infectious disease reveal similar statistics
• The greatest predictor of a case of violence is a preceding case of violence, as flu passes from one to another
• Violence is a disease
• How to Reverse an Epidemic
• interrupt transmission
• prevent future spread
• shift the norms
• You’re being criticized tremendously...you must be doing something right
• Science replacing morality, and moving away from emotions as the most important part of the solution to science as a more important part of the solution

Enjoy the talk.