Technology Saves the World - Future

We accept today that the days of startup cities, at least in the West, are over, but I don't think we should. And the societal changes that a post-COVID world makes possible could restart this cycle. For thousands of years, ambitious young people have had to move to big cities run by the kind of people who run big cities to maximize opportunity in ... See more

Many people are now seeing how technological progress has enabled a world where work can be divorced from the office, and married to the home. We may have understood this in theory before, but now we have been forced to see it in action. And for the most part, the technological infrastructure has been sound enough to support this shift at a fairly ... See more

Thanks to COVID-19, remote work has dwarfed its growth expectations and now pretty much every company is working remotely in the short term, but. many will keep this arrangement moving forward. Twitter, Facebook, Square, and many others have told their workers that they can stay working from home even after COVID-19 is over. This is going to cause ... See more