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I think if anything, the suburbs/exurbs are what is preventing what you're describing. Right now it's too costly to blanket a city with public transportation, for example, because …

> I don't think we should be striving to turn the entire Earth into Kowloon. Oh of course not, that's an absolutely extreme example. Yes, advanced societies tend to have a decrease…

Why should we avoid density? Societies get more urban as they progress. Density is the way of progress. That doesn't mean we shouldn't be smart and thoughtful about it, but ultimat…

...what's $631M - $621M? I agree that they're losing money overall. But just the ridesharing part is making enough profit to cover the entire Corporate G&A line item.

I just think that you're focusing on the wrong things here. Towards the top of the article they say: > One of the difficult tasks was to schedule a meeting room in a scheduling app…

I have to agree with the other commenter, I think you're definitely overthinking it. A keyword search is clearly what they meant for the user to do. They're not expecting 5% of the…

In Bayesian analysis, it's possible to actually accept the null, rather than just the reject/not reject that is common to frequentist statistical inference.

A lot of great suggestions already (especially regarding index funds), but I'd add that one of the best things I've done is get a Wall Street Journal subscription. Reading the busi…