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Finland took the approach of simply building cheap housing rather than focusing on mental health or veteran affairs, and dramatically reduced homelessness.
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Kara Swisher reports that House Speaker Mike Johnson is sending the landmark housing bill to the White House days after Trump abruptly canceled the bill-signing ceremony. The bill passed both chambers with overwhelming bipartisan support, 358-32 — a ratio Scott Galloway notes is almost unheard of in today's Congress. [1] — Scott Galloway "Housing bill passed 358-32 in Congress: The landmark housing bill passed both houses with overwhelming bipartisan support, 358 to 32, yet T…" 42:22 Trump says he won't sign until Congress passes his SAVE Act requiring photo ID and ending mail-in voting. Kara notes the Constitution provides a path around him: if Trump doesn't sign within 10 days, the bill becomes law; if he vetoes, Congress likely has the votes to override. [2] — Scott Galloway "10% rise in housing prices = 1% drop in birth rates: Every 10% increase in housing prices is associated with a 1% decrease in birth rates, …" 41:30 Scott argues housing affordability is one of America's most consequential crises, referencing Finland's housing-first homelessness strategy — just build cheap housing — and citing research linking every 10% housing price increase to a 1% drop in birth rates, reduced coupling, and lower self-esteem. He characterizes the bipartisan bill as 'weak sauce in specifics but a powerful symbolic movement in the right direction,' and says Trump blocking it is straightforwardly self-defeating — he should put on a tool belt and take credit.
A bipartisan housing bill passed 358-32 and is effectively veto-proof, but Trump is holding it hostage for his SAVE Act on voter ID. Finland's approach — just build cheap housing — shows 10% housing price increases cut birth rates 1%. Scott Galloway says blocking this bill is simply stupid.
Every 10% increase in housing prices is associated with a 1% decrease in birth rates, illustrating housing's sweeping societal impact.
The landmark housing bill passed both houses with overwhelming bipartisan support, 358 to 32, yet Trump is blocking it to leverage his SAVE Act.
Greenberg's research mapped all human intrinsic values and found they cluster into 22 categories, including longevity, connection, nature, and spirituality.
Performing composure is not the same as having composure — emotionally sensitive people who suppress their feelings are acting a role, not resolving the underlying feeling.
Emotional sensitivity is the raw input signal and emotional intelligence is the cultivated output — meaning sensitivity is a prerequisite for high EQ, not an obstacle to it.
Men who appear emotionally avoidant are frequently emotionally sensitive individuals who were never given tools or permission to explore their sensitivity, so they default to withdrawal.
Being ghosted is particularly damaging for sensitive people because their brain doesn't interpret it as the relationship ending — it interprets it as evidence of personal insufficiency.
Kierkegaard's concept of anxiety as 'the dizziness of freedom' predates Freud's psychological framework by roughly 60 years, yet modern research has since validated his core claims about commitment and identity.
Between 2003 and 2020, Americans accumulated roughly 24 extra hours per month spent alone — the equivalent of a part-time job's worth of isolation, and that's before the pandemic.
Median age at first marriage climbed from 21 (women) and 23 (men) in the 1970s to nearly 29 (women) and 30 (men) today — a rise of 6–8 years per gender, extending the 'emerging adulthood' liminal phase.
San Francisco's average rent rose 18% over the past two years to $3,728/month, surpassing New York City as the most expensive rental market in the country.
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