> Sergey Brin donated $20 million to a new political drive aimed at solving California’s housing crisis, spurring other billionaires to pitch in. Their efforts may also help ward off a wealth tax.
> “The single strongest predictor of economic mobility across areas is the fraction of higher-income friends that low-income people have,” Chetty told me. “In communities where you have more cross-class interaction, kids do much better."
To add and not nitpick, but to add the 'a' to the subjective, we make a verb out of it. But it's not immediately obvious what that means, could also be "to put in a cabinet" (which would be my interpretation). Languages are fun :)
> Perhaps, in ethical terms, it doesn't much matter whether overhunting was or was not the sole cause of the passenger pigeon's extinction. Practically speaking, though, it matters a good deal.
Earlier discussions:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43877301 (623 points, 398 comments)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41891694 (517 points, 308 comments)
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