Samir Khanna

Bias towards health | Embrace cognitive dissonance

[Samir Khanna @samirk25]

Building upon my experiences consulting with a number of organizations and working on new projects, I’ve decided to start Easement.

Easement is an executive search and consulting firm focused on the intersection of housing + health

https://t.co/dlyGAFnbhA

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Dan Doctoroff once had more power to decide what got built in New York City than anyone since Robert Moses. Now living with ALS, a neurodegenerative disease that attacks the motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, he says he has changed dramatically. https://t.co/xa3K918kKh

[Kyla Scanlon @kylascan]

Consumer spending is 70% of GDP - people are the economy! But how did we come to be “consumers”?

A discussion of needs vs desires through the lens of The Century of the Self and Life After Lifestyle

[Samir Khanna @samirk25]

@levin_phil Late to the party, but this is sweet @levin_phil

[Phil Levin @levin_phil]

Excited to announce the launch of LiveNearFriends

I believe there actually is “one weird trick” for a happy life.

It’s living within a short walk from close friends or family.

LiveNearFriends is a tool to help you make that happen.

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https://t.co/vqwRwRaLFW

[John Green @sportswithjohn]

YOU are extending the patent of bedaquiline in countries impoverished by racism and colonialism--like Sierra Leone. The bedaquiline patent SHOULD end 20 years after you filed it on July 18th, 2003. But you're extending it, denying people access to affordable lifesaving treatment.

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

You know who is rightfully terrified of private equity? New residency/fellowship graduates. Right now, independent, physician-owned practices have a massive recruiting advantage. You should be shouting your hatred of private equity from the rooftops.

[Bobby Fijan @bobbyfijan]

Every KPI has downsides

Bad part of "On-Time/On-Budget" for groundup construction is focusing on a number over quality or future Op-Ex

THE stupidest budget cut I ever made on a deal was eliminating hallway corner guards. Saved ~$5000. Easily lost more the first week of move-ins

[Miriam Pinski @mirijulip]

New survey results confirm: Most Americans don't want car-oriented suburbs. They want walkable mixed-use neighborhoods and will pay more to live in them.

They will choose an attached home over a detached one if it means a shorter commute and walkable community.

[Emily Badger @emilymbadger]

We need to turn so much in the built environment today into something else: offices into homes, homes into offices, hotels into SROs, office parks into real neighborhoods, curb parking into transit lanes.

But we have developed a conversion problem: https://t.co/HUOe0c2rPE

[Kyla Scanlon @kylascan]

“If you see companies going through layoffs, it’s going to change your economic perception… But there is a vein of distrust that runs deeper than that and this cynicism bleeds into how everyone interacts with the economy and interprets the collective reality”

[Samir Khanna @samirk25]

"What if we treated illness not as an opportunity to maximize value, but as an opportunity to extend the quality and length of human lives" - @cdmitpih per @johngreen

[Packy McCormick @packyM]

America doesn't build big things fast...

...Except in PA, where we just REOPENED I-95 in 12 DAYS & CELEBRATED BY RIDING ALL OF OUR MASCOTS IN ON A FIRE TRUCK. 🇺🇸

PA just wrote the playbook for building things fast in this country. I wrote it down.

https://t.co/3KKobHFCs0

[Drew Austin @kneelingbus]

wrote the newsletter this week about how traffic is depicted in Curb Your Enthusiasm, how transportation is increasingly a place we inhabit, and how we'll eventually stop caring about traffic even as it gets worse
https://t.co/YFpVgBHu1v

[Sunil Rajaraman @subes01]

1/ Exciting news! Our new venture, Hamlet, is live in ~30 CA cities. Our mission: Making public documents digestible using a mix of AI & human editing. Think City Council minutes, budgets, real estate data, flu trends & AQI info made simpler. https://t.co/kaJzFuafV8 📚🤖

[Samir Khanna @samirk25]

'In our optimization of healthcare and delivery of svcs, we are all crowding out the intrinsic motivation of these dedicated professionals and patients.'

Appreciate the candor from @vgargMD and solid questions (as always) from @RelentlesHealth
https://t.co/u1I0OY5ldD

[Samir Khanna @samirk25]

The prolific and always thoughtful @donberwick https://t.co/OlS0ZasUNs

[Samir Khanna @samirk25]

@mollywood @kcrw @MadeleineBrand Well put Molly https://t.co/6EIEj3lv7y

[Samir Khanna @samirk25]

@RohunJauhar Reminder that what property insurance comes to market is fundamentally a political question

source: https://t.co/e2tq0XzQb0

[Samir Khanna @samirk25]

@claudiawilliams @sacjai @Michael_Hochman Can confirm it was an excellent interview and convo @claudiawilliams @sacjai
https://t.co/qmxv6YNpPg

[Claudia Williams @claudiawilliams]

Sachin Jain - CEO of Scan - is calling for a new era of accountable leadership in healthcare

@sacjai joined me on The Other 80 to discuss what he means

🎧 Listen here: https://t.co/OIoaKt5NLP

Or listen and subscribe wherever you access podcasts: https://t.co/26dQHURjZt

[Samir Khanna @samirk25]

@claudiawilliams @sacjai Healthcare in Action https://t.co/cf90Jumy5y

@Michael_Hochman has done an excellent job with this group. Excited for their upcoming work in Garden Grove, CA

[Samir Khanna @samirk25]

@DGlaucomflecken the Cheesecake Factory reference is so niche, but appropriate. Real healthcare folks will appreciate this @nxpatel

[Samir Khanna @samirk25]

@bobbyfijan @jayparsons and usually / probably closer to grocery stores, medical care, day cares etc.

Would love to see more RE folks prioritize quality of life, not only which asset will net more money