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dcre on March 6, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Maybe treating housing as an investment was a mist...

There's no reason to want to make it better (or understand it at all) unless you're also thinking about something besides the raw numbers.

nineplay on March 6, 2023 [–]

There's no way to make it better if you don't start with the root cause.

jensensbutton on March 6, 2023 | [–]

You start with a problem statement, not a root cause.

And root causes, especially for problems as complex this, is a fallacy.

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