Adam Brown: evaluation

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…Any other tips that somebody should know? I mean, should they do this anymore, given that it's largely uncommon and so uncommon types of people might pick you up? I think it used to be very common in the United States. It's still reasonably common in Europe. It used to be very common in the United States, and then there were some mass murderers who drove the popularity down by targeting hitchhikers. Maybe this is just pure cope. In my mind, you need to worry about that less because if you are a mass murderer, it's really not a high expected value strategy to cruise around looking for hitchhikers since there are so few of them. But that just might be pure cope in my head. I've never refused a ride for safety grounds, but I would, I hope I would if necessary. Sometimes you would refuse a ride because somebody is only going a short distance, and you're in a good hitchhiking spot. It's kind of bad karma to refuse a ride, but sometimes you should do that. Other tips: don't write your exact destination on your sign. Write the sort of direction in which you're going. The reason is maybe twofold. One, a lot of people, if they're heading towards that place but not going to that place, will not stop because they think, "Oh, I'm not going to wherever it is, I better not. I'm not going there, so I won't pick you up," even though you'd very much appreciate a partial ride there. The other reason is if you do want to decline a ride, it's certainly a lot easier to do so. If the person says, "Oh, I'm going to that city."…

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