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The true story of when I met the mafia kingpin of Ghana's most infamous slum... and why we talked about Bitcoin.

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Prompt hacking DALL-E to create cityscapes from music genres, philosophers, novelists, corporate brands, and other wild aesthetics.

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Building lean, barriers to great urbanism, startup metrics for cities, a Startup Cities tech stack, the Network State, DAOs buying Land Banks, and much…

Aug 19

Singapore's founding father on greenspace, traffic, mixed use, land prices, chewing gum bans, and Europe.

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How Kannapolis, North Carolina got built, incubated a multi-billion dollar retailer, died in a 1980's corporate takeover, and found new life as an R&D…

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... and How Legacy Policy Limits Innovation in Housing

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A (Slightly Crazy) Idea to Fight Urban Decay and Build YIMBY Footholds in America's Legacy Cities

Jun 24

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