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Bengaluru entrepreneur leaves helmets unlocked to test trust
Bengaluru entrepreneur Siddharth Dialani, founder of BharatAgri, has gone viral for a five-year social experiment where he and his wife leave their helmets unlocked on their two-wheeler across the city. In an…
The Story in Brief
Bengaluru entrepreneur Siddharth Dialani, founder of BharatAgri, has gone viral for a five-year social experiment where he and his wife leave their helmets unlocked on their two-wheeler across the city. In an X post on August 13, Dialani said none of the helmets have been stolen, calling it a low-cost way to find if Bengaluru is a 'high-trust city.' Social media reactions were mixed: some users agreed the city is trustworthy, while others argued poorer localities like Shivajinagar or Tilak Nagar would see theft, and noted that cheap helmets may not tempt thieves anyway.
The Indian Opinion
This 'low-cost experiment' from an IIT graduate is getting gushing praise online, but it proves nothing about a city of 12 million. A single anecdote about two cheap helmets surviving five years is not data, it is survivorship bias and a dash of class privilege. The real test is not whether an entrepreneur's belongings are safe in a tech corridor but how the city treats the belongings of a daily-wage worker. Let us see the same experiment repeated with a Rs 500 helmet on Mysore Road, not just in a gated apartment compound.
Source: ndtv.com
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