Buying a history building you can't actually afford

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Trevor

Existential risk, AI, and the inevitable turn in human history (article)

Must read from Tyler Cowen on AI risk.

See Scott Alexander’s response here, and Tyler’s follow up response to Scott here

Some guy bought the Flatiron Building and didn’t pay for it (article)

Hilarious? Crazy? Unexpected? Worth-copying-in-some-life-scenarios?

All of the above?

A Plea for the Horizontally Organized (article)

“I have another less well-known situational handicap. I am a horizontal organizer in a world set up for vertical organizers.”

My version of this: if I can’t see something in my life, it doesn’t exist. I try to keep a few, high-use items in visibility and put everything else in a junk drawer.

Can any of you get access to this research paper?

I’m told it wasn’t available on Sci Hub but it was also recommended by Tyler Cowen and I’d like to read it (or even better have it summarized by Chat GPT)

The Zoning Theory of Everything (articles)

“Zoning regulations control what kinds of buildings can be constructed where, and then what activity can happen inside them. They effectively socialize private property while controlling even the most mundane features of our physical environment and daily routines. Zoning rules flip property rights on their head, curtailing the owners' ability to do what they wish on their land. In exchange, they sometimes give people near–veto power over what happens on their neighbors' property."

America’s greatest weakness IMSO is our lack of walkable cities, and general lack of creativity in land use & city creation.

Incompetent but Nice (article)

What do you do with people at work who aren’t good at their job but who you enjoy being around and hanging out with?

In my darkest moments I wonder if I fall into this category.

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