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Long before the pandemic started but especially during it, “stuff” has seemed to inexorably fill up any domestic space we make available for it, almost…
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May 7CommentShare
In recent months—probably sometime during the winter—I started noticing that the internet felt crowded, the first time I can recall truly feeling that …
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This week I wrote an essay for Real Life about the creator economy, the ongoing monetization of the web, and the speculative tendencies that are unleas…
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A few weeks ago, I had a conversation on Clubhouse with Salman Ansari about pandemic urbanism—what has happened to cities in the past year and what we …
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If you grow up in the suburbs, a familiar experience is going over to a friend’s house for the first time and recognizing its layout as identical to th…
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One of the defining images of the urban environment during the past year has been restaurant and retail interiors suddenly repurposed as makeshift stor…
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One broad narrative about Western urbanism over the past several centuries is that cities have continuously grown cleaner, quieter, and more appealing …
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I got a new iPhone last week after four years with an iPhone 7 that felt barely functional by the end of my time with it—I’m one of those people who wa…
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One last reminder that tomorrow (March 20th) at 2PM EDT, I’ll be on Clubhouse chatting with Salman Ansari about cities, technology, and the future of u…
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Next Saturday, March 20th @ 2PM EST, I’ll be on Clubhouse chatting with Salman Ansari about cities, technology, and the future of urbanization—basicall…
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Next Saturday, March 20th @ 2PM EST, I’ll be on Clubhouse chatting with Salman Ansari about cities, technology, and the future of urbanization—basicall…
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Mar 11CommentShare
Right now, artificial scarcity is everywhere, and as it flourishes (can scarcity flourish?) it’s harder than ever to distinguish from real scarcity, wh…
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