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We have a huge advantage over SF in that we actually let developers build more housing (and also have plenty of space to build more) Im always so confused when I go to the Bay area and realize the density is much less than Utah.

I just unfollowed everyone that wasn't a close friend or family. The addictive draw is pretty much gone as I'll scroll it for 5 min every week or so and be totally caught up

Sad for the Zoox team, but not too surprised. Running out of money was always going to be a huge risk for them (even without am economic downturn) given how ambitious they were.

Awesome work! Whenever people tell me they want to get started with NLP I tell them to play around with your libraries as they're the easiest way to immediately start doing cool things.

They also build houses insanely fast too.

I think the key difference is the Church's system is voluntary and communism is not voluntary.

[1] Yet no one has alleged that anything like that has happened. Also if I was 90 years old and had plenty of money I would much rather live a comfortable retired life than work at the pace he works at.

Do you really think former heart surgeons and company executives are making more money now on the general authority stipend than before?

It's important to note the historical context around this. The LDS church used to be constantly in extreme debt and close to having their religious buildings taken away due to it. Then in the early 1900s they instituted a simple financial policy that could also be an example for members.

1. Spend less than you take in. 2. Save/invest a portion of what you bring in for a rainy day.

Thus over a hundred years that builds up. I'm a Mormon and personally don't have an issue with it as I know that wealth doesn't go to church leaders (they all get the same stipend which for many is less than they made in their professional lives) and is simply fund available to the Church for times of need.