Re:The cult of WeWork
by pavlov on Thursday October 11, 2018 @05:26AM
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Why does so much of the news these days sound like the introductory chapter to a 1990s soft sci-fi novel?
Yesterday I read about Papua New Guinea establishing a cryptocurrency zone that’s exempt from local laws and can issue its own passports. Today it’s a coworking space founder who acts like a cult leader, has his own festival and wants to build entire towns owned by his company (and is funded by a shadowy Japanese conglomerate — pure William Gibson!).
Yesterday I read about Papua New Guinea establishing a cryptocurrency zone that’s exempt from local laws and can issue its own passports. Today it’s a coworking space founder who acts like a cult leader, has his own festival and wants to build entire towns owned by his company (and is funded by a shadowy Japanese conglomerate — pure William Gibson!).