Silicon City
San Francisco in the Long Shadow of the Valley

I don't think I've ever been so pleasantly surprised by a book. I picked this up at the San Francisco Public Library as research for my own book on Silicon Valley, and expected it to be a bit of a slog, as research books often are; instead, I couldn't put it down. This is not simply a journalistic ac......more

I think this book shared some important perspectives that don't always get a proper hearing. Interviews with activists and social workers trying to increase equality in the Bay Area or to deal with the impact of inequality were moving and informative. Unfortunately, the collected interviews weren't......more

This is an important book about modern San Francisco, pieced together through the actual voices of those living here now. But this is bigger than just San Francisco, as you could tell this story about so many other cities in the world. Solutions begin by understanding the scale of the problem, and t......more

Fantastic book. Gives you exposure to so many different stories, and view points on San Francisco and its rapid growth. I really like the fact that it’s all interview based and doesn’t try to suggest solutions or the right or wrong answers. You can just immerse in the stories told by different peopl......more

3.5. Am I the enemy?......more