This site is *extremely* valuable, so only a large “supertall” skyscraper really makes sense for this location (the opportunity cost of a regular condo tower is far too high). And these kinds of developments need very healthy demand to be viable. Plus, the site was mired in legal issues after the Spire project went…

I think it’s a pretty bad location for a museum. Even though it’s close to Navy Pier it’s relatively inaccessible either by car or public transport. And it’s a residential area, so it would not be welcomed by current residents and museum visitors would not have access to much retail, food or entertainment nearby.

Okay, thanks for your strange, semi-coherent rant against Rand Paul and libertarianism. I’m not really sure what you’re argument is - `libertarians’ are just Trumpeters? - but you sure seem angry so it must be important.

No, they actually mean safety features as well. The argument goes that if we think the weapons are safer and less susceptible to inadvertent detonation or theft, then we will have less of an incentive to reduce stockpiling in the first place. The point being that these weapons are never going to be truly safe, so…

It’s asking too much of an individual to personally give up a career because he benefits from structural privilege. No one has the moral or ethical responsibility to sacrifice that much in order to fight a system far bigger than him or herself.

This is an interesting mathematical exercise, but what’s up with the strange attempt to make a connection between the type of fractal pattern and the ‘health’ of the city based purely on a medical analogy? This is an example of excessive reification of a mathematical model, confusing the model - which is an *as if*…

Ordering from Postmates or some other delivery service seems okay, because those delivery guys have a lot more flexibility and wouldn’t be working that day if they didn’t want to do so.

Of course, ‘wanting to work’ could include working because they’ve got bills to pay, but they’re still making that choice by weighing…

This lack of a centralizaton is a *good* thing. We still don’t know where autonomous cars are going (no pun intended) in terms of their eventual tech and integration into our transportation system. Allowing states to experiment, and letting developers/manufacturers focus on markets most receptive to this technology,…

They didn’t just praise Ayaan Hirsi Ali. They followed it up with Irshaad Manji who, while at least Muslim, is widely disliked by mainstream Muslims as well. Both of them have made awful statements about Islam and Muslims, they intentionally conflate cultural practices (e.g. FGM, lack of education for women) with the…