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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