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Toronto's underground labyrinth
How Canada's largest city developed a 30 kilometer network of pedestrian tunnels
4 days ago
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7 votes
How to become President of China with Dan Wang
Episode five of the Works in Progress podcast is about why China outbuilds America
5 days ago
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11 votes
The beauty of batteries
Keeping the grid stable requires overbuilding generation, driving up costs. Batteries fix that.
6 days ago
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14 votes
How a Norwegian chemist defeated lead paint
Lead paint was banned. Before that, it was outcompeted by a cheap and safe alternative.
a week ago
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12 votes
China's most overrated asset with Mike Bird
Episode four of the Works in Progress podcast is about land.
2 weeks ago
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17 votes
More in life
Is the Bubble Bursting?
I'm making this previously paywalled article available to everybody
3 hours ago
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1 votes
32
Today I turn 32 years old. Every year I write an article with stories, ideas, rules of thumb, anecdotes and ponderous items from the last year. This is number 10 of those articles. See: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. Before I get into it, a few
yesterday
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6 votes
