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In the 1990s and 2000s, technology advances forced cities to find creative people, and made worker talent a scarce resource. In the 2010s, technology advances have gone even further, and made face-to-face communication a scarce resource. As a result, the economy of personal contact is replacing the economy of the personal computer.

Technology and the City is a metro economic development blog centered on three foundation principles:

1. Never use the word "value" as an adjective

2. Discover why the people who say "the nature of work is changing" have never held a real job

3. Make sure that people who are bored to tears reading about multiplier effects, fixed/variable cost ratios, and comparisons of real and nominal wages understand that the post ends with a YouTube clip of people singing an 80s song

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