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The below essay by @ShapiroDoug is, in my opinion, a well-structured and very interesting read for those curious about emergent trends + potential disruption in the content creation model (how films and series are created).
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Japan's fertility is actually higher than nearby countries and pretty average for a rich country. It just experienced the fertility transition a little earlier than most, so its population is older.
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Bloomberg Opinion @opinion
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It's natural to think "if everyone is richer in the future, we'll live like today's affluent people" but that's not how growth works.
Young Agatha Christie had a nanny and a full-time housekeeper but couldn't afford a car.
slowboring.com/p/last-mailbagโฆ
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The Southwest debacle is a reminder that the "boring" parts of the economy have a tremendous need for the services of skilled software people even if the Big Tech and startup worlds go into simultaneous decline.
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I will never not get over the fact the city of mountain view owns a 12.5 acre vacant lot in a high opportunity area, near transit and amenities. and the city wont even discuss whether to add it to the site inventory bc all the neighbors are notorious nimbys
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The affh concern is not just hypothetical in Mountain View. As @JamesKuszmaul has forcefully and repeatedly pointed out to the city, there is a huge racial disparity in our elementary schools: Castro elementary has 88% hispanic students, while Amy Imai has 7% hispanic students.
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The good news is that it is not hard to find efficiency-promoting reforms that are also equality-promoting โ many of our leaky buckets of redistribution are redistributing resources upward.
slowboring.com/p/how-to-promoโฆ
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