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Author here, good catch! This was an error from a previous draft that I forgot to update. I'll update the post to reflect the correct figures.

The challenge isn't just to generate revenue, but to generate a TON of revenue that justifies the massive investments these companies are making. It's not obvious to me that any of…

Demand for AI chips is predicated on those chips producing value for their customers. But are there any AI products that are generating significant revenue yet? If those fail to ma…

They are entitled to do so, but a neighborhood in perpetual decline is a neighborhood that will eventually die. It's kind of the opposite of people planting trees who's shade they'…

I'm talking about stuff like paved roads to your door, free paved parking lots, and connections to the city's sewer system and electrical grid. We expect the city to pay for mainta…

The problem is that people overwhelming vote for neighborhood stasis, which makes it completely unable to handle long-term changes in growth patterns. People always want to preserv…

See cagenut's comment above. Cities are economically robust because they have the economic activity to justify the infrastructure investments. You can have much more rural, spread …

It's true that the current large developers will never meet the need for affordable housing, but that's where small local developers can fill in assuming zoning and regulation allo…

I would be very surprised if SSRI prescriptions could account for the international effect or the drastic sex-difference in suicide rate increases.

I think Haidt would certainly say this is the most impactful cause, but specifically his research has shown a causal relationship for this factor, not that it is the only factor. I…

To get anthropological about it, humans are very strongly wired to seek approval from our immediate social groups, as your social standing was one of the most absolutely critical f…

I like how you had to replace part of Haidt's statement with meaningless variables X and Y because it actually does a great job showing the absurdity of Odgers' suggested causes in…