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Location Is an Asset, Belt and Road Debt & Globalization
If Location Is an Asset, High Rent Is ‘Saving’ for the Future Calling all rent rationalizers: A new paper shows how your pricey neighborhood is a financial asset like any other. Belt and Road, or debt trap? In recent years, emerging markets have looked to another pocketbook: China. Lebron James’ Mega-Deal Shows Why Globalization Is…
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China’s Money Empire, Printing Electronics & Tech Shapes Reading
China’s Empire of Money Is Reshaping Global Trade As the notion of a modern Silk Road gained traction, Belt and Road meandered into places that had never had any connection with ancient caravans. This year it reached South America, the Caribbean, and even the Arctic. In June it rocketed into space: Beijing announced that Belt…
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Reading vs Audiobooks, Bitcoin Cities & New Ideas
LISTENING ISN’T READING, BUT AUDIOBOOKS STILL RESONATE Books have existed for millennia, and we’ve had speakers since Alexander Graham Bell, but few people thought it sounded cool to smash those concepts together. The Top 10 Bitcoin Cities In The World While tech hubs like San Francisco or Seoul are obvious hotspots, there’s unexpected crypto-cities popping up like…
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Urban Decay, Women in Science & How America Uses Land
Vacancy: America’s Other Housing Crisis As empty homes sit in purgatory, neighborhoods fray and cities are left to pick up the bill. Behind The Sex Imbalance In The Sciences This address the sex-inequality in the sciences or tech today and back in 17th century Mexico. This Multicultural Entrepreneur Is Bringing ‘Hyper-Intelligence’ To Education Nishika de Rosairo…
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Big Tech, (Smart) Cities in Motion & L.A. Urban Farming
Why Do the Biggest Companies Keep Getting Bigger? It’s How They Spend on Tech The secret of success for Amazon, Google and Microsoft is how much they invest in their own technology. This Week In China Tech: AI Disrupting Insurance Claims, China Opens Airspace For Drones And More AI made huge leaps and has made…
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Wikipedia Pages, 2016 U.S Election Map & The New ‘Made In China’
Academic writes 270 Wikipedia pages in a year to get female scientists noticed Jess Wade is a scientist on a mission. She wants every woman who has achieved something impressive in science to get the prominence and recognition they deserve – starting with a Wikipedia entry. A recent study suggests it would take 258 years to close the…
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Urban Tech Boom, Social Media and Urban Planning & Blockchain And The Keto Diet
Who Gets Left Out of the Urban Tech Boom? Mr. Perry writes about race, structural inequality and urban schools. How Social Media Can Be A Tool To Impact Urban Planning Social media could be a source of valuable data for urban planners to gather that kind of information. The posts submitted via Twitter, Instagram, Foursquare and other…
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Urban Vertical Economy, Chinese AI Submarines & Agtech
Cities and the Vertical Economy Vertical clustering—of certain high-status industries on the higher floors of buildings, for example—is an important part of urban agglomeration. They examine the kinds of economic activities that cluster in tall buildings; the types of industries that concentrate on higher floors; the variation in rents in these vertical (as opposed to…
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Airport of The Future, Global Cities and Data & Archive Dreaming
Welcome to the airport of the future, where your face is your passport Facial recognition isn’t just for the iPhone X — it’s revolutionising airport security and making long queues and passports a thing of the past. Maps reveal hidden truths of the world’s cities A new website that lets people delve into data on…
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New Dark Age, Gig Economy Cities & Urban Air Mobility
Why digital engineering is the new growth area for manufacturers A new report by Capgemeni suggests that nearly half of the manufacturing industry worldwide will be powered by smart, connected systems by 2020. The 10 cities where you can make the most money in the gig economy Gig economies are strongest in metropolitan areas with…