​A permit to own a car     
In most countries in the world you can buy a car if you have money. In Singapore you first need a permit to own one. Admitted: usually a permit – a Certificate of Entitlement or CoE – is bought together with the car but still the principle remains the same. Essentially the demand for cars is made to match the supply of roads (which is inflexible by nature) .
Not a bad idea. Or is it?
 
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8 November 2019 – The end of alcohol
A common advise is not to drink more than a glass a day; in a country like the Netherlands about half of all adults follows that advise ( https://www.staatvenz.nl/kerncijfers/alcohol-geen-weinig-gebruik). So you can hardly argue that drinking is the rule, unless you go to a bar of course… why go to a watering hole without drinking.
Even more so, drinking is more and more frowned upon and the focus is redirected to food and sleep as this article eloquently describes https://www.1843magazine.com/upfront/postcard-from-silicon-valley/in-the-modern-commune-a-case-of-beer-is-not-welcome
What do you say? We welcome your ideas, links and feedback.
 
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