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Book Review – Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley, by Emily Chang

February 13, 2021February 13, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments patriarchy, heteropatriarchy, intel, misogyny, monogamy, robert noyce, rock and roll, sex, sexism, silicon valley, trilogy, Uber, google, fairchild semiconductor, apple, big tech, bloomberg, bloomberg technology, breaking up the boys' club of silicon valley, brotopia, california, dot-com, employer-provided childcare, emily chang bloomberg, emily chang, drugs, dot-com bubble, childcare

A few weeks ago, I finished Emily Chang’s Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley, which came out

Adaptation & Resilience Climate

Climate Change Is Here, And Boy Is It Ever Expensive!

September 5, 2020September 5, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments hurricane, hurricane harvey, hurricane laura, hurricane maria, hurricanes, resilience, resiliency, florida, california, climate resilience, climate change, climate adaptation, california wildfires

If we fail to push for market transformation oriented toward climate adaptation solutions, the market will do it on its own. Like, in a really bad way. This has the unintended consequence, however, of incentivizing better decisions about development and planning.

Urban Planning Affordable housing

Sorry, Tim– Pocket Change Can’t Fix Suburbia.

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments Zoning, high-speed rail, mountain view, palo alto, regional planning, google, san jose, sunnyvale, transit, YIMBY, california, affordable housing, apple, BART, bay area, big tech, Density

Apple just announced that it’s committing a bunch of money to housing development in the Bay Area. That’s good, right?!

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