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This essay is part of The New American Home, a series that examines multigenerational houses.

Gig workers and the companies that pay them often talk about earnings in hourly terms.

That doesn't tell the full story, though.

When Eli Goldfine messaged me on X, I thought it was a joke.

He said he wanted to help me with my prediction markets beat. "Prediction markets, AI, the universe. 13yo," his bio read. I didn't immediately spot the statistics reference in his username, @realTomBayes. When I asked him who he was, he replied: "My name's Eli, I am legit 13 years old."

When Tom Marchitelli agreed to make custom suits for NFL player Chase Daniel in 2014, he had a secret: he had no other clients.

When Patricia Tani moved to San Francisco last year, she kept hearing a koan about the city's dating scene: "The odds are good, but the goods are odd."