Alex Danco: Amazon, Cities, and Disruption

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 SUBSCRIBE TO MY “MONDAY MUSINGS” NEWSLETTER TO KEEP UP WITH THE PODCAST.

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