The Other Stuff with internetVin Rishi Kothari: The Housing Theory of Everything | The Other Stuff #13
Rishi Kothari
www.rishi.cx
The Other Stuff is hosted by internetVin, filmmaker and entrepreneur and possibly the most curious man on Earth. Produced by New.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) Introduction: The Housing Crisis as a Foundational Issue (00:06:51) Exploring the Housing Theory of Everything (00:09:58) Housing as Investment: Canada and the US Compared (00:14:32) Personal Stories: Growing Up and City Design in Brampton (00:25:16) Historical Parallels: Generational Wealth, the GI Bill, and Global Bubbles (00:55:46) How Zoning Shapes Cities: Origins, Evolution, and Toronto’s Gridlock (01:09:57) Toronto’s Zoning Maze: Bylaws, Maps, and the Cost to Build (01:23:28) Special Economic Zones: Urban Innovation and Missed Opportunities (01:35:56) Startup Culture, Proximity, and Toronto’s Fragmentation (01:44:13) The Regulatory Bottleneck: Why Building Takes So Long (01:53:21) Automating Urban Planning: Building Arterial and Data Challenges (02:03:50) AI, LLMs, and the Future of Building and Learning (02:17:00) Hack Club, Learning to Code, and the Spirit of Hacking (02:28:43) Reflections on Progress, Difficulty, and the Changing Nature of Craft (02:45:16) Wrap-Up and Final Thoughts
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