Interesting stuff

1. Utrecht is a city for people (and bikes) not cars
2. A pro-bitcoin economist explains the value of gold (“hard money”) as a hedge against feckless governments. Here are a few quotes from his book.
3. Visualizing the spread of the Airbnb plague in Amsterdam 
4. Bangladeshi farmers are shifting from chickens to ducks to cope with climate change. Ducks are better at dealing with floods 😉
5. Check out (join?) the Sustainable Touring Arts Coalition 
6. Read Isaac Asimov’s 1959 essay “How Do People Get New Ideas?“
7. The Arctic is on fire (a lot), and we’re screwed (massive GHG release)
8. Neal Stephenson on Depictions of Reality
9. Hong Kong made this Chinese man rich. Now he’s defending its freedom
10. California’s past gifts to farmers are endangering its future.

H/T to DL