But the worse touristification is the life we moderns have to lead in captivity, during our leisure hours: Friday night opera, scheduled parties, scheduled laughs. Again, golden jail.

Cultural tourism is often charged with being inauthentic. Sometimes it is. But sometimes it is very authentic, even if only because it makes plain the negotiation between native and tourist. In either instance, when it comes to long-standing inequalities, the “hustle” is a necessary choreography of redistribution. The monied folks want an experienc

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“The ultimate question that I have: how can we create cities that are big enough to give people economic opportunity, but small enough to give people love and others in their lives that touch their hearts?”

I soon realized the way people want to experience the world has changed forever, but the infrastructure to explore it hasn’t caught up with this new reality. It was early 2021, and I went to a cabin in Colorado to decompress after stepping down as CEO from my previous company. The place was disappointing.