In short, do we wish to be a city of enlightenment, or a city of apps? Many of those who have lived in San Francisco the longest and care for it the most are worried that their charmed oasis is becoming a dangerously one-dimensional company town—a techie’s Los Angeles, a VC’s D.C. If San Francisco is swallowed whole by the digital elite, many city lovers fear, the once-lush urban landscape will become as flat as a computer screen.

How Much Tech Can One City Take? | Modern Luxury

Salon founder David Talbot looks at the past, present, and future of technology in San Francisco.

(via thisistheverge)

This timely article brings to mind what Pastor Larry talked about at church today. As young professionals preoccupied by timelines and checklists, are we simply consuming the cities in which we reside? Are we just coming in, plundering the resources that support our personal wants, and leaving repercussions to the locals?

Something to think about this week and moving forward. 

(via lifeandcode)

Source: modernluxury.com

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