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The sectionmen and their families communicate little with one another, and the railroad—their employer—is their only source of contact with the wider world. Little wonder that at each milepost, Johnson finds families “driven to eccentricity by isolation.”
Declining Cities, Declining Unions: Urban Sprawl and U.S. Inequality - Dissent Magazine
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A protocol moves much more slowly than a platform. After 30+ years, email is still unencrypted; meanwhile WhatsApp went from unencrypted to full e2ee in a year. People are still trying to standardize sharing a video reliably over IRC; meanwhile, Slack lets you create custom reaction emoji based on your face.
My First Impressions of Web3
moxie.org
The Copenhagen (CPH) City Port & Development Corporation, which was created to use landed assets to finance the construction of public transportation infrastructure, helped turn the city around after decades of decline as a manufacturing hub. It borrowed against the value of the land it possessed to finance $2 billion in planned metro train expansions. After completion, the site in question was worth $450 million more than the original assessment, and this appreciation served as a revenue source for further infrastructure projects.
Rents Are Skyrocketing. Let’s Buy Back the Land. | NOEMA
noemamag.com
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