Amazon and similar multinational companies have grown to become an essential part of world trade. Instead of going to the store, the store now comes to you. Well, this is convenient for the consumer, but what does it do to our cities? In the long run, the short-term profit of the private firm comes at what expense to the entire community?
The Fool, the Bad and the Lazy – Globalization Mathematics
If everything is so great, how come we have so much to complain about?
There are many articles discussing globalization but in my opinion the theory behind the phenomenon is lacking. I think that many people present globalization as if it is a clear-cut, good or bad issue. Doing so derails our ability to understand it. Globalization is good for some people and bad for others. To support one side of the debate and dismiss another is to turn your ears from the genuine distress of those beside you.
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The City – Glorious Market Failure – Presentation (Hebrew)
My presentation for the annual conference of the Israel Planners Accusation (2019), March 7 2019 in the Old City of Beer Sheva.
In Hebrew, sorry.
העיר – כשלון כלכלי מפואר, באר שבע 2019
MOVE: Mobility Re-imagined
Had so much fun yesterday at the MOVE2019: Mobility Re-imagined event in London.
If you are looking for it, I was presenting this – LINK
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A Unified Theory of Transportation, applied to Remote Controls, Cars, Bikes and MaaS
Why would people in one city prefer to ride bicycles more than their neighbors in the town over? Why is it that Uber is viable in some cities but not others? Can we explain the choices we make when preferring one means of transportation over another in one unified theory? Well, it turns out we can. This article starts with a simple request for the TV remote and ends with an analysis of the MAAS’s chances of replacing private ownership of cars.