Ben Kleinbaum

[Ben Kleinbaum @BKleinbaum]

Nobody knows anything.

[Ben Kleinbaum @BKleinbaum]

So the same as NYC land use politics basically

[Ben Kleinbaum @BKleinbaum]

@LPDonovan @MattZeitlin The bigger question is that if AI proves to be world changing will there be a general YIMBY movement and will the States start to override the localities.

[Ben Kleinbaum @BKleinbaum]

@LPDonovan @MattZeitlin It’s going to be the same as discretionary housing approvals…does the local gov have a willingness to get to yes and is the developer willing to negotiate or is the local community full NIMBY and nothing will be enough. Some places will be the former and some the latter.

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@fredstaffordcs The lead sponsor in the Senate is the Chair of the Energy Committee who is not a DSAer (or even DSA adjacent).

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@mattyglesias It’s very hard to get them to think about how to shape the broader political landscape because it’s so different from how business works. The immediate “impact” of getting involved in a specific election and the quantifiable outcome is familiar.

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@katie_honan No, but if you promise to do something you should do it.

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@mattyglesias @PolicyEngineer @reihan Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act—the 2019 law that set NY’s emission reduction targets

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@urbenschneider @sarahsholder A system that averages 20k rides a day in a city of nearly 9 million people is not indispensable.

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@MattZeitlin @freedaaron Finally, this is textbook concentrated benefits for one group diffuse losses for everyone else. So it’s hard to get a champion to invest in a fight—especially one that is politically sympathetic.

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@MattZeitlin @freedaaron The BIDs didn’t actually organize until it was too late. It was also around the time of Covid so the restaurants were focused on other things. Also people are just generally scared of the HTC so hesitant to get involved.

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@JaneAFlegal It made sense to hide some of this stuff on the bill when costs and salience were relatively low. Policy makers would be better off if they take your approach and own solving the problem rather than just yelling at the utilities.

[Ben Kleinbaum @BKleinbaum]

@souljagoyteller It’s also easy to imagine the South rebelling if they tried which leads to a nationalist movement based around preserving slavery—which is less than ideal.

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@AlexanderMcCoy4 @duncancampbell How does using a BTM solution allow a developer to dodge the local permitting process?

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@gonglei89 @Birdyword Yes, I have less money after I buy something and my net worth goes down as my car depreciates. But I understand that as part of the trade and didn’t expect to maintain the original value of my car or the food I eat. Did people buy homes in China expecting the value to decline?

[Ben Kleinbaum @BKleinbaum]

@gonglei89 @Birdyword Yes

[Ben Kleinbaum @BKleinbaum]

@gonglei89 @Birdyword If they didn’t take on much debt, they paid cash? So didn’t they still lose money if they price fell since when they bought it?

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@aechlin @lionel_trolling The Hasidic community has nothing to do with why the subways are designed this way. The subways were designed to get people to Manhattan where the jobs were. It’s now too expensive to build new subway lines, sadly.

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@Scholars_Stage @IridentDefender Kissinger’s argument is that he was also severely constrained by what domestic politics would allow due to Vietnam and the aftermath.

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@dieworkwear Could you explain the difference (if there is one) between chinos and khakis?