Question: do the people who care for the children, cook and procure the food, clean and repair the gym equipment, etc., benefit from this techno-topian community? Or does the community rely on a permanent underclass of invisible labor? Because history has a few things to say about that. If everyone benefits equally that's a different (good) scenario.
Great q. The Singapore-Malaysia relationship with labour is similar and also a very local context.
As far as I could see, NS is helping the local job market as it grows. Demand for labor and operations will only increase as money flows into the city and the project grows.
I think the broader political climate in the world is also sensitive to resource extraction and zero-sum immigration policies.
For NS to succeed, it must apply the win-and-help-win framing to the local economy and any new nodes operating in other cultural contexts. From what I saw, resource extraction didn't seem to be the case
Fascinating synthesis of experience. Much appreciated. I experienced the "absence of defensiveness" too. Delightful. Bowing in thanks :)
Thank you for this honest, thorough and compelling account of what life's like at Network School!
Question: do the people who care for the children, cook and procure the food, clean and repair the gym equipment, etc., benefit from this techno-topian community? Or does the community rely on a permanent underclass of invisible labor? Because history has a few things to say about that. If everyone benefits equally that's a different (good) scenario.
Great q. The Singapore-Malaysia relationship with labour is similar and also a very local context.
As far as I could see, NS is helping the local job market as it grows. Demand for labor and operations will only increase as money flows into the city and the project grows.
I think the broader political climate in the world is also sensitive to resource extraction and zero-sum immigration policies.
For NS to succeed, it must apply the win-and-help-win framing to the local economy and any new nodes operating in other cultural contexts. From what I saw, resource extraction didn't seem to be the case
Glad that these issues at least seem to be under consideration there. Thank you for the considered reply.