Preventing the apocalypse may sound like an idiosyncratic activity, and it sometimes is justified on exotic grounds, such as the potential for humanity to become a galaxy-spanning civilisation.| 80,000 Hours
Rich countries seem to find it harder and harder to do anything that creates some losers. People who don’t want houses, offices, power stations, trains, subway stations (or whatever) built in their area can usually find some way to block them, even if the benefits to society outweigh the costs 10 or 100 times over.| 80,000 Hours
Why do high-cost cities have more homelessness? It's not just about rents — it’s also about the rooms friends and family can’t afford to share.| worksinprogress.co
Houston was notorious for its sprawl. But it has seen a gentle density revolution since the 1990s. Allowing neighborhoods to opt out of citywide reforms was crucial in its transformation.| worksinprogress.co
Salim Furth from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University explores the optimistic changes underway for America’s housing affordability crisis.| blog.altosresearch.com
How a small tweak to business rates could be the carrot to Labour's planning stick| www.sambowman.co
The history of attempts to reform planning in Britain is proof that political willpower is not enough: you need to be smart, not just brave.| worksinprogress.co
Unlike nearly all other arts, architecture is inherently public and shared. That means that buildings should be designed to be agreeable – easy to like – not to be unpopular works of genius.| worksinprogress.co
New Zealand passed the most ambitious upzoning reforms in the world. Now comes the backlash.| worksinprogress.co
Pregnancy can be arduous, painful and for some women impossible. New technology may allow more women to have children, and save the lives of more prematurely born infants. How do we get there?| worksinprogress.co
We have eradicated smallpox, cured many bacterial diseases, and invented a vaccine for Covid-19 within the year. But for a very long time we haven't had a single good treatment for obesity.| worksinprogress.co
Western housing shortages drive inequality, climate change, low productivity growth, obesity, and even falling fertility rates.| worksinprogress.co
This data is expressed in US dollars per watt, adjusted for inflation.| Our World in Data
In-depth conversations on the world’s most pressing problems and how to solve them.| 80,000 Hours
Birmingham was a boom city after the war but was wrecked by London planners| UnHerd
New fire safety rules will come at a high cost| www.samdumitriu.com
How Ronald Coase can change your life| www.sambowman.co
Here are three that did| ziggurat.substack.com
