Homelessness is a massive issue in the UK and I hope the test outlined in the article gives us some answers as to how to tackle it. However, I'm skeptical that even paying for essentials and housing will work at this point. I think it's almost impossible to detach from the reality that a huge portion, if not the overwhelming majority have also become pretty severe junkies. I'm not saying this as someone totally unsympathetic to the affliction, my best friend also fell down that rabbit hole but addressing the homelessness aspect without addressing the addictions that result from being homeless or lead it feels like a recipe for not solving the problem.

I really hope I'm wrong and this works, it's insane that first world countries like the UK have these massive problems with homelessness, there are enough resources around to solve these problems, they just aren't distributed evenly and the support systems of this country have been in a state of ongoing collapse since 2008 and the austerity and chaos that followed

Does anyone have any similar CS books they'd recommend? Ideally they'd be: - preferably online and free - aren't insanely dense in terms of length (500+ pages) - are written with some sort of consideration towards being comprehensible to the user rather than just dumping huge swaths of math and terse text on them

I'd say that last point is particularly important and something that I think the Algorithmica work did really well.

Thanks!

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