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Working From Home, Mental Health & The Choice Makes All the Difference
A UK study reveals that giving employees autonomy over remote work arrangements fundamentally transforms its impact on their wellbeing. The COVID-19…
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Dave Deek
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All-Natural Geoengineering with Frank Herbert's Dune
Can We Terraform the Earth Using Life Itself?
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Dave Deek
Is Pronatalist Research More Interesting Than the Discourse?
What do trains and flexible schedules have in common? They both increase fertility
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How to Build a Better Suburb: YIMBY Lessons from Disney, Houten, Japan, and Carmel
A thought experiment for mass scaling and integration of YIMBYism
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Dave Deek
California Needs to Learn from Houston & Dallas; Especially about Homelessness
Houston and Dallas reduced street homelessness dramatically not by being more compassionate or cruel than California, but by building working systems
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Dave Deek
The Mississippi Miracle Doesn't Scale; Building Implementation Capacity Does
Why the same reformers who failed with Common Core will fail again
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Dave Deek
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September 2025

Two Weeks Makes the Difference: How Paternity Leave Can Increase/Decrease Divorce
As the EU implements its 2019 Work-Life Balance Directive requiring member states to provide paid paternity leave, research shows policies under two…
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Young Man, There's (Not) A Place You Can Go: The Death of YMCA Housing & What Japanese Internet Cafés Can Teach Us
YMCA used to have everything for young men to enjoy; You could hang out with all the boys
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Dave Deek
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Government Administration: An Annotated Bibliography
Bureaucracy as She is Spoke
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Made in China 2025 Improved Robot Quality. Core Components Still Come From Japan
A Made in China 2025 pilot program significantly improved robotics innovation quality in applications and assembly, but failed to advance core component…
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Dave Deek
Career Women More Likely to Want Kids (in Japan)
Working women with career ambitions in Japan show higher fertility intentions, challenging assumptions about work-family trade-offs.
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A Lack of Trust Fuels Baby Bust (in China)
Social trust significantly increases Chinese fertility intentions, with each unit increase in interpersonal trust raising the ideal number of children…
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Dave Deek
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