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Aug 6, 2011 / 1:41pm

Nurture the Difference Between New York and Silicon Valley

To be in Silicon Valley is to be completely immersed in technology. The building, the pushing, the hacking, the designing, the iterating, the testing, the acquisitions, the funding — it is everywhere and wholly inescapable. Here is a culture and place that emerged seemingly from nothing, and yet over the last 50 years it has developed a mythology deep and inspiring and all its own.
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Craig Mod of Flipboard explains why he chose Silicon Valley over New York.

Filed under: New York   silicon valley   startups  
Feb 24, 2010 / 11:22pm

The Ultimate Hipster Irony | Big Think Editors | Big Think

The search among urbanites for that ideal “authentic” neighborhood, rife with rustic brownstones, a diverse, culturally robust population, artisans, galleries, vendors, mom-and-pop shops, and familiar pubs pulsating with local music, has not only become banal, it’s destroying the very “authenticity” being pursued.
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Greetings from Berlin!

Filed under: New York