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Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies

December 6, 2019

Author: Geoffrey West From the Amazon description of this book: “[West] has found an underlying simplicity that unites the seemingly complex and diverse phenomena of living systems, including our bodies, our cities and our businesses.” The topic intrigued me. Was […]

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Chicago recycling rate gets even worse at 8.8%

December 1, 2019

“For comparison, cities like San Francisco and Seattle have recycling rates of 60 to 80 percent.” | learn more

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America’s cities are running on software from the ‘80s.

March 17, 2019

I had always suspected there was a structural problem causing governments to stay behind the times on technology. This article shed a little light on it for me: modern software can’t be treated as CapEx, so the expenses must come […]

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