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How Brazilians Persevere Against Geographic Adversity

17 hr ago

What makes it special? Is it in danger?

Feb 6

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Feb 5

January 2023

What did we discuss in 2022? What will we discover in 2023

Jan 31

Look at this crazy chart: This is the loneliness epidemic. And it’s killing you! What is the cause? Is it our suburban life? Doom-scrolling on social…

Jan 29

Java has a larger population than Russia. It's smaller than Japan but has a bigger population. It's nearly 8x denser than neighboring Sumatra. Why? Is…

Jan 24

When new information should change people's worldview, they don't fully absorb it. It takes them years. This is an opportunity for those who can…

Jan 22

Urban density has massive advantages. Why aren't cities denser?

Jan 15

The spread of humans across the globe has been defined by transportation technologies like ships or horses. These same transportation technologies also…

Jan 8

For thousands of years, a hidden rule limited the size of empires, unbeknownst to their rulers.

Jan 5

December 2022

The single biggest force shaping the internal structure of cities has been transportation technology.

Dec 24, 2022

We don’t realize it, but the shape of our cities—from how big they are to what services they have—is mainly driven by one thing: transport technologies.

Dec 21, 2022

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