Few realize how much the world around us can be improved. Most things could be better—usually significantly better. Part of becoming an entrepreneur is learning to see “not good enough” everywhere.

A single ducted fan thrust vectoring drone. Most folks look for propellers, they are not expecting this. Wait till you see the car sized ones…

Woven branches used for solar shading Arghwan commercial building, Iran, by 13 degrees architecture studio

The USA realising it can brain drain the top 10 per cent of Brits dirt cheap with no assimilation issues would be an actual catastrophe for the UK. Instant fiscal crisis - this group provides 60% of the income tax take - and loads would go.

Three things I would immediately do to fix car regulations in the U.S. 1. Tax all vehicles by weight. 2. Redo CAFE rules so that they don't vary with wheelbase size. 3. Require crash safety ratings to reflect damage done to vehicles in smaller weight classes.

We should absolutely normalise building slim 6-storey blocks next to single-family homes, where there’s good access to public transport Incremental Density, by Dubbeldam Architecture + Design

4/ International evidence supports the importance of clear rules. London’s borough of Croydon delivered 2,735 homes on small plots through specific planning guidance. Similar areas without clear rules delivered fewer than 200.

this is INCREDIBLE, congestion pricing is already working wonders traffic at 1:30PM on the average Sunday vs today Holland Tunnel: 27 mins ➡️ 9 mins Lincoln Tunnel: 10 mins ➡️ 3 mins Williamsburg Bridge: 11 mins ➡️ 6 mins

funny thing that low code tools have revealed is that there are very few people outside the engineering team who are capable of automating or connecting business flows even when you remove the 'learn to code' hurdle

When approaching the speed of sound, parts of the airflow become supersonic. We'd predicted shockwaves at Mach 0.95... and if you look carefully enough, there they are!!

I am 100% in favor of charging cyclists proportional fees for our use of public roads. Bicyclists kill about ~ 17 people per year; drivers, about 50,000. Bicyclists injure about 127 people per year; drivers, 3 million. And bicycles have 1/160,000th the impact on roads as cars.

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Obvious answer to rebuilding LA: bring in Jeff Shelton

What effect did all of this new building have on prices and rents? Average rents adjusted for inflation decreased in Auckland by 2% from 2016 to 2021. The biggest impact was felt by the poorest. By 2022, rents were 26-33% cheaper than they would have been without the reform

My god, they're beautiful. I want 10,000 of these in every city.

Dublin is the second most expensive place in Europe to build apartments It costs nearly €600,000 to *build* a two bedroom apartment in Dublin I want to talk about why these numbers matter, why it costs so much, and one thing we can do about it