For three decades, Seattle’s tech industry has been an extraordinary economic engine, transforming the region into a global center for cloud computing, e-commerce and artificial intelligence. But are cracks beginning to form in that foundation?
Seattle - Bel - Red is well on track to becoming an all but formally recognized corporate city state with absurd wealth inequality, and an extremely effective coat of rainbow paint over all of it.
Dubai, but liberal!
Ignore the homeless incineration chambers on the outskirts of town, shush.
Can you imagine seizing data centers and office towers as critical infrastructure, with compute power redistributed by and according to the needs of the people?
If not, corpo city state future is where you’re going.
Seattle - Bel - Red is well on track to becoming an all but formally recognized corporate city state with absurd wealth inequality, and an extremely effective coat of rainbow paint over all of it.
Dubai, but liberal!
Ignore the homeless incineration chambers on the outskirts of town, shush.
Can you imagine seizing data centers and office towers as critical infrastructure, with compute power redistributed by and according to the needs of the people?
If not, corpo city state future is where you’re going.