The Bay Area is the last frontier with a geography to it. To outgrow the Bay Area is to outgrow the nexus between physical geography and the exploratory psyche, and take the latter virtual as fast as [social] virtualization evolves. Zoom —> VR —> AR; messaging —> game messaging..
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There will still be transient “frontier seasons” in major urban hubs. One can imagine a sort of S&P index of “frontier” it-ness, with cities cycling in and out, faster and faster. But the idea of a permanent frontier region is dead. Anything that names itself Silicon X is a LARP
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This is not to say geography will be entirely reduced to commodity. But there will certainly be a strong commodity component everywhere. Cities will regress to and away from commodity as they go in/out of frontier fashion through innovation cycles.https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2012/09/27/cloud-mouse-metro-mouse/ …
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