Keeping NYC On Top
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Keeping NYC On Top
Today, activities and jobs increasingly concentrate in the densest urban areas. Skilled workers gather in these areas in order to join the most dynamic and innovative companies whose growth and innovation efforts are fueled by the fact that they’re close to each other. For less skilled workers, these areas of increased economic activity become magn
... See moreNicolas Colin • Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age
With more remote and hybrid work, I think we probably have to be more thoughtful about creating connections — to new people and new ideas. I don’t think it means we can’t do it, but perhaps we can’t rely on water-cooler or photocopier serendipity to the extent we might have in the past.
Perhaps we can use tactics like the “Monday Notes” NASA employ... See more
Perhaps we can use tactics like the “Monday Notes” NASA employ... See more
David Epstein • "Communication Really Happens in the Carpool..."
Cities, then, are environments that are ripe for exaptation, because they cultivate specialized skills and interests, and they create a liquid network where information can leak out of those subcultures, and influence their neighbors in surprising ways.