Dror Poleg's Newsletter Archive
Cities & Buildings: 6 Things to Watch in 2021
In February, I was in London to launch my new book [https://rethinking.re/]. It was weeks before a pandemic overwhelmed the West. My keynote [https://rethinking.re/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/London-Book-Launch-Slides-compressed.pdf] at the launch focused on contagion of a different sort — a contagion of abundance. I contended
Slack and the Imaginary Economy.
The world's hottest workplace chat app is bad for business but good for society.
Airbnb in Context
It's not about travel, it's about housing.
On the internet, nobody's knows you're a god.
Remote work makes it easier for new types of employees to join the talent pool.
Rise of the 10X Class
The "robber barons" of the 21st Century are the people who used to sit next to you at the office.
Stop and Continue
I am still working on the weekly article. It’ll be ready by Sunday, I hope. In the meantime, I’ll leave you with this photo from Incheon airport and this quote from Erich Fromm’s Art of Loving: > Modern man has exceedingly little self-discipline outside of the sphere
The TikTokization of Work
Initially, economic anxiety spares those who can work remotely. Then, it spares no one.
The Disconnected Office
My baby daughter taught me that sharing a space is the best way to ignore each other and produce great work.
Canceling the City
The balance between creativity and conformity is being disrupted, with dire consequences for cities. A hundred-year-old theory helps explain why.
The Future of Work is Medieval
Students of international relations have been concerned with the return of the Middle Ages for a while. Political scientists have observed the relative decline in the power of nation-states and the growing importance of supernational military and trade organizations. These organizations — the UN, WHO, WTO, NATO, even the EU — are
COVID? NYC's Real Problem is the Internet
The Big Apple has seen it all. But it hasn't seen this.
Can Cities Go Extinct? (Part 1)
The internet was supposed to make cities redundant. Its moment might finally be here.
WeWork & Airbnb will be Fine
The disruptors of office and lodging are seeing the world reborn in their image.
Housing makes you racist. Tech can help.
America's residential system incentivizes people to act like bigots. Technology offers hope — and a few more reasons to worry.
Disrupted Cities & The Urbanizer's Dilemma
Cities are trying to out-internet the internet. Most of them will fail.
The Office Won't Budge
Real estate is still a zero-sum game. But only for landlords.
Greg Lindsay on The Future of Cities, Millennial Metrics, and Multigenerational Homes
This week, we officially kick off a series of interviews about the history and future of cities. Our first guest is Greg Lindsay, who has an encyclopedic knowledge of all things urban. Greg is the director of applied research at NewCities and director of strategy at its mobility offshoot CoMotion.
Living on the Tail
The distribution of people in offices, homes, and cities will be governed by the rules of the online world. The consequences are disturbing.
Liquid Living, Immovable Cities, and Institutional Appetites
This week, I was planning to write a series of short and unrelated takes. Somehow, the various takes ended up connecting and became a short essay. You can nibble each one separately or read them in order. They include seeds of a longer essay that will be added to my
If the New York Times Were a City, Would You Live In It?
Three media empires offer important lessons about the future of offices, homes, and cities. It's been a busy month for media empires. Two weeks ago, the New York Times parted [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/business/media/james-bennet-resigns-nytimes-op-ed.html] ways with its Opinion Editor, after the
