SHOW NOTES LINKS: Find Alex online:

Twitter

Social Capital: Snippets

People mentioned:

Steve Yegge

Clay Christensen

Travis Kalanick

Dan Doctoroff

Dr. J. Craig Venter

Eric Reis

Chamath Palihapitiya

Other mentions:

Steve's Google Platforms rant

Social Capital

Y Combinator

Andreessen Horowitz

Cloud Kitchens

Sidewalk Labs

100 Resilient Cities

The Organization Man by William Whyte

The Lean Startup

SHOW TOPICS 2:11 Amazon's Organizational Structure 4:09 Steve's Google Platform Rant 12:42 AWS & The Government 22:53 Disruption as rearrangement 30:47 Thesis-driven Discovery Team @ Social Capital 38:52 The role of transportation in shaping cities 45:47 Suburban vs Urban life 53:13 Sidewalk Labs in Toronto 1:00:11 Chief Resilience Officers in Cities 1:03:03 Alex & his interest in Biology 1:11:28 The Organization Man 1:18:58 What has Alex learned from Chamath Palihapitiya 1:22:05 Alex's writing advice 1:25:02 Ways to Think About Water

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