Sean Jayasekera Sean Jayasekera

Sundlaug Country

Iceland has more public swimming pools per person than any country on Earth — and the size of the gap, once you actually measure it, raises a question about what we're counting when we count public infrastructure.

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Sean Jayasekera Sean Jayasekera

The Konbini Map

South Korea has more convenience stores per person than any country on Earth — and what they actually do has very little to do with convenience.

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Sean Jayasekera Sean Jayasekera

The Superhost Signal

What actually makes an Airbnb Superhost? I trained two machine learning models on 36,261 NYC listings to find out. The answer has almost nothing to do with your property.

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Sean Jayasekera Sean Jayasekera

Global Mobility Network

The country printed on your passport is one of the most consequential things about you — and it was never your choice.

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