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WeWork & Airbnb will be Fine
The disruptors of office and lodging are seeing the world reborn in their image.
Housing makes you racist. Tech can help.
America's residential system incentivizes people to act like bigots. Technology offers hope — and a few more reasons to worry.
Disrupted Cities & The Urbanizer's Dilemma
Cities are trying to out-internet the internet. Most of them will fail.
The Office Won't Budge
Real estate is still a zero-sum game. But only for landlords.
Greg Lindsay on The Future of Cities, Millennial Metrics, and Multigenerational Homes
This week, we officially kick off a series of interviews about the history and future of cities. Our first guest is Greg Lindsay, who has an encyclopedic knowledge of all things urban. Greg is the director of applied research at NewCities and director of strategy at its mobility offshoot CoMotion.
Living on the Tail
The distribution of people in offices, homes, and cities will be governed by the rules of the online world. The consequences are disturbing.
Liquid Living, Immovable Cities, and Institutional Appetites
This week, I was planning to write a series of short and unrelated takes. Somehow, the various takes ended up connecting and became a short essay. You can nibble each one separately or read them in order. They include seeds of a longer essay that will be added to my
If the New York Times Were a City, Would You Live In It?
Three media empires offer important lessons about the future of offices, homes, and cities. It's been a busy month for media empires. Two weeks ago, the New York Times parted [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/business/media/james-bennet-resigns-nytimes-op-ed.html] ways with its Opinion Editor, after the
Apple, Landlords, and the Revolt Against Monopolies
Apple generates more profit from the App Store than all of Manhattan's landlords generate from rent. It also offers some important lessons about why some tenants will stop paying. Why should anyone pay rent? We already know [https://www.drorpoleg.com/blog/future-of-work-hold-your-horses/] technology makes people less dependent
Is Density Destiny?
Transportation and communication go hand in hand. Until the 19th Century, the speed of delivering a message was equal to the time it took a man (or woman) to carry that message on foot, on horse, or by boat. Innovations in transportation and communication often enabled and reinforced one another,
