I am grateful to the reporter, Julie, for this thoughtful article
She spent her time to really learn about what we're proposing with @esmeralda_inst, interviewed tons of people, & dug deep on history & context
This is sadly not a given in journalism these days, so I'm extra grateful when it does happen!
I want a futurism that feels like this. Like we've mastered nature and mastered the human-scale longed for ideals.
Not like flying plastic or plants on top of glass-plastic
Simone Weil’s greatest insight was that attention is the foundation of morality and that letting your attention span degrade is the first step on the road to hell
BREAKING: NEW SAN FRANCISCO SKYSCRAPER!
Just released images for a new skyscraper, Fifty at First, downtown next to Salesforce Tower. It'll open in 2031 and be the second tallest building in the city.
Very, very excited to see the continued investment in the city. The boom loop continues!
Homemaking as transhumanism:
"The magic of good housekeeping, Mendelson wrote, is that through it one identifies oneself with one’s home. The accumulated choices involved in household management come to express far more than just decorative taste"
They don't have immediate expansion dates yet, but the map gives a sense of the scale they're working toward
It goes all the way from San Jose up through Wine Country and the Sonoma coast
Esmeralda & Sonoma wine country will be meaningfully more accessible without needing to own a car
Excited to see where this goes!
Full article: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…
Awesome op-ed in @NorthBayNews from @WeAreGenH!
We are honored that Generation Housing sees how Esmeralda can contribute to Cloverdale
Sign the petition to show your support for more housing & more opportunity in Cloverdale! Link below 👇
It will never not be funny to me that when Napoleon got stripped of his empire and exiled to Elba he responded by paving the roads, draining marshes, rebuilding the iron mines & ordered every house to install a toilet in just 2 months. "energy is a choice" he said.