Subject 7 (Precariat/Cultural Worker/Educator): As a cultural worker and educator, living in NYC is not possible in the long run.

NYC Is Unaffordable

It has been projected that the 2020s will be the decade of the FinTech Revolution.  This Marketing hyperbole is on the heels of many such revolutions – the Green Revolution, the Personal Computing Revolution, the dot.com, web2.0 and Social Network Revolution...  These tech revolutions are sold on the promises of democratization and wealth, however, their applications and results are much more complex than merely advancing technologies for the advancement of humankind.  FinTech for the Precariat, questions the various possible applications of emerging financial technologies and brings to the forefront the question of who ultimately will these technologies serve?

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It has been projected that the 2020s will be the decade of the FinTech Revolution. This Marketing hyperbole is on the heels of many such revolutions – the Green Revolution, the Personal Computing Revolution, the dot.com, web2.0 and Social Network Revolution... These tech revolutions are sold on the promises of democratization and wealth, however, their applications and results are much more complex than merely advancing technologies for the advancement of humankind. FinTech for the Precariat, questions the various possible applications of emerging financial technologies and brings to the forefront the question of who ultimately will these technologies serve?

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NYC Is Unaffordable

NYC Is Unaffordable