Go. Mr. Baker, you write that this book is about the coming age of mobility. What do you mean by that . Stephen well, there are its an information revolution. And weve been watching it for the last half century. Its spread into computers and overwhelmed media and advertising. And then it spread into telephones. And we were carrying around the internet wherever we went. And now in this next stage, the internet and the mobile machines will be carrying us around. So i think its its going to be an age in which all kinds of new choices are going to surface for us. And were going to be able to well, were going to be able to go a lot of places and its going to have a big effect on our cities. And at the same time, companies and city governments are going to be able to manage our movements and that will raise all kinds of questions about privacy. So its just the next stage of the internet revolution. Imagine a scenario, something you write about in your book, los angeles, 2028. What should we
Millions marching into the streets of chile. Jason all that to come. But heres editor joel weber. Joel we put together a holiday cover for you. Jason what a year. Joel this is one of the biggest stories of the year. And it started with we work, even preipo chatter. As that coverage developed and went on and on, there was another story we started to think about, which was softbank, one of the biggest investors and in wework. Carol softbank, we did talk about it so much. What i love is that you guys go into the layers of softbank division fund. Obviously the leader of it all, but also other players. Joel the visionary at softbank, especially at division fund, this outside force in Silicon Valley, 100 billion vc fund that can do a lot of work because it has so much money. One of the ways it can do that is go into we work and bankroll we work, a Business Model that may not have been for the long haul. Carol funny you talk about the Business Model. Joel lets flood the zone with money. Go bi
Started a Popular Uprising that led to millions marching in the streets of chile. We put together a holiday cover for you. What a year. We think this is one of the biggest stories of the year. It started with we work. Earlygazine covered very on even during ipo chatter. As that developed and went on and on, there was another story that we started to think about. One of the biggest investors in work. Did talkoftbank, we about it and what i love about this story is that you guys go into the layers. The visionary at softbank, especially the vision fund. A 100 billion dollar vc fund that can do a lot of things because it has so much money. Ways it can do that is to going to some thing like we work which is a Business Model that may not have been right for the long haul. They were very aggressive. Go big or go home. Some wins, other times it doesnt. And what this revealed was the fundre within the vision where there is a lot of tension. Its a big story. Another big story is businessweek tur
Host longtime Technology Journalist and author, Stephen Baker is the coauthor of this new book called hop, skip, go. Mr. Baker, you write that this book is about the coming age of mobility. What do mean by that . Well, there are its an information revolution we been watching it for the last halfcentury but it spread into computers and overwhelmed media and advertising and then it spread into telephones and we were carrying around the internet wherever we went. Now, in this next aid the internet and the mobile machines will be carrying us around. I think it will be an age in which all kinds of new choices will surface for us and we will be able to we will be able to go a lot of places and it will have a big effect on our cities and at the same Time Companies and city governments are going to be able to manage our movements and that will raise questions about privacy at its next stage of the internet revolution. Host imagine a scenario, something you write about in her book, los angeles
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