Day: January 11, 2024

Billionaire-Built Cities Would Be Better Than Nothing

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NYT Guest Essay by Edward L. Glaeser and Carlo Ratti, December 26, 2023 A company backed by Silicon Valley’s most powerful investors, including the LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and the venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, assembled a land empire outside San Francisco and announced a bold vision to build a brand-new city — and was immediately castigated by the…Continue Reading Billionaire-Built Cities Would Be Better Than Nothing