Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 16, 20171/ *Ahem* (corrects spelling, puts on Hari Seldon mask)Quote TweetPatrick Atwater @patwater·Jul 16, 2017Replying to @calcsam and @vgrThe second American revolution and the rise of cities : a physchohistoric account19
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 16, 2017Replying to @vgr2/ So psychohistory of 2074 - 2174 (why? Because I'll be 100 in 2074 and won't give a crap about being wrong if still alive)124
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 16, 2017Replying to @vgr3/ In 2074, the USA still exists but is primarily a marketing federation owned by the Blockchain 100. USAcoin trades at Premium Mediocre.112
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 16, 2017Replying to @vgr4/ The neourban LEAP zones of San Francisco, Seattle, New York, LA, Chicago are locked in a battle to control USAcoin futures.13
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @vgr5/ In theory, the major remaining urban zones of the US mainland are cooperating partners in a new Hanseatic League against the Chinese....4:29 AM · Jul 16, 20171 Retweet2 Likes
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 16, 2017Replying to @vgr6/ In practice, they are all constantly stabbing each other in the back. Cooperating only enough to keep economic rivals at bay.111
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 16, 2017Replying to @vgr7/ The federation calls itself the Urban Core Classic (UCC) and de facto controls the USA brand, B100 and the world economy.
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 16, 2017Replying to @vgr8/ In 2087, the new Southern Confederacy, the DC AntiFederalists and the Chinese Celestial empire launch a concerted cyber war against UCC
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 16, 2017Replying to @vgr9/ The war leads to an uneasy detente for 40 years, known as the Cold Storage, followed by the Great Hard Fork of 212721
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 16, 2017Replying to @vgr10/ As a result, the world economy gets divided into two parallel economic universes. The UCC-backed urban economy still rules.1