Friday morning news drop and videos of the week
Building a Home in the U.S. Has Never Been More Expensive From lumber to paint to concrete, the cost of almost every single item that goes into building a house in the U.S. is soaring. In some cases, the price increases have topped 100% since the pandemic began. Fom rock-bottom mortgage rates to city dwellers’ rush to the suburbs to shortages of materials—but the simplest explanation is that there is just too much demand for builders and their suppliers to handle. (Bloomberg)
No More Bear Markets Remember when it took an hour to download a song? Remember when it took 6 months for a movie to go to DVD? Remember when bear markets used to last more than a few months? (Irrelevant Investor)
A New Era Dawns for Harley-Davidson The feature-stuffed Pan America is a stark diversion for a company long associated with bulky, expensive cruisers. Early impressions suggest a potential blockbuster. (New York Times)
How Covid Inspired a New Generation of Entrepreneurs The pandemic forced everyone to adopt new technology and rethink their jobs, spurring our economy to lean in to independent work. (Bloomberg)
Commuting is psychological torture: Not doing that commute gave me 15 hours per week of my life back “I am never going back to that commute five days a week every single week again,” a friend told me recently. Before Covid he was spending about three hours a day in his car driving back and forth. When things started to shut down last year his employer was staunchly against people working from home at first, but before long it became unavoidable. (Welcome to Hell World)
The Tyranny Of Time The clock is a useful social tool, but it is also deeply political: It benefits some, marginalizes others and blinds us from a true understanding of our own bodies and the world around us. (Noema)
Dunning-Kruger meets fake news: People who overrate their media saviness share more misleading material Inspired by the widespread sharing of blatantly false news articles, a team of US-based researchers looked into whether Dunning-Kruger might be operating in the field of media literacy. Not surprisingly, people overestimate their ability to identify misleading news. But the details are complicated, and there’s no obvious route to overcoming this bias. (Ars Technica)
Videos of the week
GoPro: DarkFEST MTB Course Preview 2021 - Gnarly train
Team Shredits Vol. I - Nic Court Nic rips some of his local favourites in the Cowichan Valley for Vol. I of the new Cowichan Cycles team "shredit" series.
BRANDON BEGIN - BMX PRO PART
Christian Rigal - 'STILL UNITED' Full Part
Primitive Skate | What the P-Rod? We are very proud to present Paul Rodriguez's newest video offering: "What the P-Rod?"
Ryan Decenzo's "Sender Bender" Part Ryan's been a heavyweight for over a decade, but his rampage is far from over. This part is loaded with enders, but his closing shot is in a league of its own. No wonder Phelper said, “This dude rules!"
NBA All Star Kyrie Irving Skateboarding - 2014 footage