362 | Luis Bettencourt on the Universal Properties of Self-Organizing Cities
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Episode: 362 | Luis Bettencourt on the Universal Properties of Self-Organizing Cities
Pub date: 2026-07-27
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People who live in large cities produce more patents per person than those who live in small towns. They also walk faster down the street, and use less infrastructure per person. Indeed, the relationships between these quantities and city population obey power laws with…
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