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Harvard professor Robert Putnam documents a marked decline in American social capital, and notes that commute time is more predictive than almost any other variable he measured in determining civic engagement. He states that "each ten additional minutes in daily commuting time cuts involvement in community affairs by ten percent-fewer public meetings attended, fewer committees chaired, fewer petitions signed, fewer church services attended, and so on.”
It’s so easy to endlessly delay and postpone the experiences that would so enrich our lives. We think we’re not ready. We fear we’re not prepared. We cannot stand the thought that there is one little piece of information we’re missing that, if we had it, would make all the difference. I’m here to tell you that that is no way to live your life. Information becomes knowledge—personal, embodied, verified—only when we put it to use. You gain confidence in what you know only when you know that it works. Until you do, it’s just a theory.
Building a Second Brain
Tiago Forte
By charging market rents for these apartments or leasing land for private development, the Singaporean government uses its land bank and market rents as a source of government revenue — what Haila calls “fiscal rent” — which can then be spent on public transportation projects, welfare benefits and other important social programs.
Rents Are Skyrocketing. Let’s Buy Back the Land. | NOEMA
noemamag.com
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