1. “Absolutely astounding figures from the NY state comptroller: spending on services for the NYC street homeless population ran to $81,705 per person last year, up from $28,428 pp 6yrs ago. Figures do not include all kinds of other spending, supportive housing, policing costs etc.” Link here.
2. Backlash against The Giving Pledge (NYT).
3. Poor weather when touring a college campus reduces a student’s chance of applying.
4. Where do AI agents settle their payments?
5. Even Nevada never had that much of a real estate bubble?
6. Prediction markets turn many people into unwilling referees. Good and interesting piece.
7. GPT Pro on the value of introspection. “The literature does not really say “successful people are introspective.” It says: successful people are better at turning reflection into accurate self-insight, external calibration, and better next actions.”
8. Chicago meet-up for CWT.
NB: The passing of Coetzee is now not confirmed.
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