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Tech Boom

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Culture, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Zuckerberg’s Trash Is a Subculture’s Treasure

by Aaron Gilbreath April 9, 2019October 19, 2022

An entire subculture of Bay Area residents survives by reselling wealthy residents’ trash.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

How Southern Cities Are Joining the Knowledge Economy

by Aaron Gilbreath June 29, 2018October 19, 2022

Greenville, South Carolina has revitalized its city center by incubating start-ups. Can other Southern cities do the same?

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Demise of Tilt

by benhuberman April 19, 2017October 19, 2022

A brash, charismatic CEO. Big funding rounds. The inevitable beer-pong-on-the-office-roof-deck. How could the “Facebook of money” fail?

Posted inArts & Culture, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Podcasts

How Would Jesus Treat Tech Workers Moving into an Impoverished Neighborhood? Love Them.

by Aaron Gilbreath February 19, 2017October 19, 2022

In Wired, Chris Colin writes about the determined reverend whose church provides services to the Tenderloin’s most disenfranchised residents, and helps gentrifying tech industry workers engage with the marginalized neighbors their presence directly effects.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

How Homelessness Looks in the Tech Boom

by Aaron Gilbreath January 6, 2016October 19, 2022

In the New Republic, Monica Potts profiles an elderly couple who lived in their van while searching for affordable housing, and portrays the hostilities and NIMBYism that Silicon Valley’s homeless face, as well as the social services available to them.

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