What Actually Drives US Housing Prices?
15 investigations, 23+ datasets, 50 states, 35 years. National model (R²=0.79), state-level volatility (R²=0.84), and the truth about who owns America's houses.
March 2026 · 14 min read
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What Does Humanity Pay Attention To?
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The Politeness Pulse
16 years of Stack Overflow comments scored for tone. 29,500 comments, sentiment analysis, engagement metrics. The Code of Conduct had a modest effect — but sample bias nearly fooled us.
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The Shape of Bubbles
Four speculative manias — Dot-com, Housing, Crypto, AI — overlaid on one chart. Same shape every time. Each one faster and more extreme than the last.
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