Americans Are Voting with Their Feet for Economic Freedom
"Who’d a-thunk it? Americans vote with their feet because they value jobs, economic freedom and prosperity, entrepreneurship, lower taxes, and less government over the opposite?"
The Unbearable Truth About Infrastructure and Urban Sprawl
"The first step is for Americans to learn from the successfully affordable and accessible cities of the world. Ironically, these successful cities are typically more market-based in their planning decisions than the supposedly hyper-capitalist US."
So Many People Are Fleeing the S.F. Bay Area, It’s Hard to Find a U-Haul
"A study of the out-migration by Joint Venture Silicon Valley says workers are moving to Sacramento, Austin, and Portland due to a number of factors. But topping the list is the high cost of housing."
Peter Thiel is reportedly exiting Silicon Valley
"Investor Peter Thiel is moving his residence and business operations from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The decision underscores a growing divide between the outspoken tech industry conservative and Silicon Valley."
San Francisco confiscates private street from Taiwanese investor, out $90k
"The street's enhanced security and isolated location have attracted some of the wealthiest and most powerful politicians in California over the years, including Sen. Dianne Feinstein and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Cheng says the outcome of the hearing shows that a different standard of government applies to the rich and politically connected in San Francisco."
Lawsuit Exposes Google’s Internal Culture of Intolerance
"These screenshots present a stunning display of unprofessional behavior not just by rank-and-file employees but managers and even a senior vice president, including overt discrimination, prejudice on the basis of race and gender, conflation of dissenting political views with racism and sexism, punishment of those who asked questions about what behavior was permitted, endorsement of politically motivated violence, and even an attack on the very notion of truth itself."
Uber, Lyft Want to Ban Personal Use of Self-Driving Cars in Urban Areas
"Uber, Lyft, and several other firms critically involved in self-driving cars have their own ideas about how to improve personal transport — and one of the biggest involves you not being allowed to drive your car at all."
A Beer War Is Brewing in Maryland
"This is where the story becomes quite curious. The new bill will reduce output for all brewers except for one: the new Guinness Brewery being built in southwest Baltimore."
Lasers reveal lost Mayan civilization of ‘unimaginable scale’
"Researchers now believe the Maya had a population of 10 million, 'much higher' than previous estimates. The discoveries include urban centers with sidewalks, homes, terraces, ceremonial centers, irrigation canals and fortifications."
A Family’s Race to Cure a Daughter’s Genetic Disease
"They’re leapfrogging pharmaceutical companies’ incentive structures, funding and organizing their own research in search of a cure. And they’re trying many of the same approaches that Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have used for decades."
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