8 November 2014 - creative and growing

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Scale the Exploitation Laws

The bigger the city, the higher the number of patents per person, and also the higher the crime rate. In other words, patents and crime co-vary, exactly as you expect if a patent is a form of crime. This led me to file for a patent on the following procedure: If you want to live in a creative and growing city, lay off some of the police.

clue:

Growth, innovation, scaling, and the pace of life in cities by Bettencourt et al

give me a clue so sweet and true

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