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Some thoughts about Urban tech to accompany this piece with @Richard_Florida and @HendrikHoelzer. It's hard to be skeptical of urban tech now as delivery technologies are permitting so many people to comfortably shelter in place and... (1/7) https://bit.ly/2XU7xWT
... when our ability to survive until the vaccine depends a lot on how well we can track where the virus is and isolate the sick. Taiwan and Korea have led the way in urban informatics and they represent our best hope at having a safe reopening (2/7)
The Airbnb portion of urban tech is hurting. There's a chance that it never comes back, but I don't think that's right. There will still be travel after the pandemic and there's no fundamental reason why hotels are more trustworthy than homes. (3/7)
What I will be tracking as we enter the next phase, is if the availability of urban tech services, predicts better outcomes. EG Some cities have better delivery due to their size and density. Will these places be able to create more social distance at less cost? (4/7)
The same goes for test and trace systems and for urban mobility systems (which substitute for transit). All of these are thicker in some places than others. Will it make a difference? (5/7)
My bet is yes. If I'm right than New York would, as in 1918, absorb a really big early wave- in part because of its size and density- but prove to manage the pandemic because its size and density also give it infrastructural advantages. 6/7) ( https://bit.ly/2KqwYau )
But maybe I'm wrong. Either way, I promise not to delete this thread and to return to the question when we have more data END
