"Ua lawe lākou i kaʻu kaʻa kūʻai."
Ma ke Alanui Makeke ma ke kaona o Kapalakiko, ua waiho iho kekahi elemakule nona ka lauoho loloa a pelapela i kana ipu ohi. Holo nā ʻāpana a me nā ʻāpana pepa ma ke alahele a i ke alanui. ʻAʻohe mea kōkua.
I kēlā me kēia lā, ma waena o ʻelua a me ʻehā o ke kakahiaka, hele mai nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe me nā pahu wai mana kiʻekiʻe e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ke alanui Market Street i ka mimi, ʻōpala a i kekahi manawa, nā kāne, nā wahine a me nā keiki ʻaʻohe wahi ʻē aʻe e hele ai. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā ʻeke a me nā waiwai i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻonāwaliwali i kekahi o nā poʻe home ʻole loa o ʻAmelika mai ka hiamoe ʻana ma nā ala ala e paʻi nei i ke kikowaena o ke kaiāulu makemake loa i kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale pipiʻi loa o ka lāhui. ʻO kēia kahi o Twitter i kona keʻena nui. ʻO kēia kahi e hele mai ai nā noʻonoʻo ʻōpio maikaʻi a maikaʻi loa o ka honua e hana ma ke ʻano he ʻenekinia, mea hoʻolālā, ʻike maka. He mea hilahila wale nō ka paʻakikī o ka ʻala o ka ʻū a me ka lunamanaʻo hewa.
Ua kākau mua ʻia ka moʻolelo o ka ʻoihana hi-tech i hoʻololi koke i ka nohona pili kanaka i Kapalakiko, e ka poʻe nūpepa a me nā mea kākau i noho i ko lākou ola holoʻokoʻa ma ka Bay Area a nānā i ka hakakā ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale ma o nā ʻōpala ʻoihana holomua a ola. Ua uhi maikaʻi ʻia kēlā moʻolelo i nā mahina i hala iho nei Kapalakiko Chronicle ua paʻi i kahi alakaʻi pōkole "e kōkua i ko mākou mau hoahānau i hele mai ma ʻaneʻi e kākau i ka 'How the tech boom is changing San Francisco' opus": "He moʻolelo ia o nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua. He kūlanakauhale ia o ka poʻe waiwai a me ka poʻe ʻilihune loa. . . He kūlanakauhale nalowale kona ʻuhane. ʻO nā kaʻa Uber ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele e hoʻokuʻi i nā hipsters mai kahi pā a i kahi pā . . . ʻumikūmākolu kālā ʻano sandwiches. Google Glass. ʻO ia kāu paukū wehe, ke kipa ʻana i ka poʻe nūpepa. He mea iki."
ʻO ka nīnau no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka like ʻole o ka nohona pili kanaka i Kapalakiko he nīnau pololei, a ʻo ka pane i ia mea. ʻAe, ke alakaʻi nei ke kālā tech i nā freaks, nā queers, nā mea pena kiʻi a me nā ʻohana papa hana maʻamau ma waho o ke kūlanakauhale, i kōkua ʻia e nā makahiki 30 o nā kulekele hale i hope, nā konohiki kuko a me ka mālama ʻana i ka nohona. He mea maopopo loa kēlā.
ʻO ka mea hoihoi i ka poʻe e makaʻala ana i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka ʻenehana kūloko o Kapalakiko. ʻO ka ʻoihana e loaʻa ana nā hopena hohonu loa i ke ʻano o ka noho ʻana o kākou a pau, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻololi nei i ke ʻano o ka pilikanaka, aia kona hub kikoʻī ma kahi ʻaʻole i kiʻekiʻe aʻe nā ʻano pilikia.
Ke kamaʻilio nei nā "techies" a me nā mea nūhou e pili ana iā Kapalakiko, ʻo ka mea maʻamau ka mea i manaʻo ʻia he ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o kēia kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi - ke kikowaena waena o ka Misiona, ka Tenderloin a me nā ʻāina kuapo mua ma ka hema o Market Street (SoMa). Aia ʻo Twitter ma ʻaneʻi, mahalo i kahi hoʻomaha ʻauhau nui mai nā luna o ke kūlanakauhale; ʻo ia kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ka nui o nā mea hoʻomaka, a ma laila kahi nui o nā ʻumi kaukani o nā limahana ʻenehana hou i neʻe ma ʻaneʻi i nā makahiki i hala e koho nei e noho. ʻO ia hoʻi kahi o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma waena o ka wā e hiki mai ana kikohoʻe a me ka hoʻokamani grotty o kēia manawa.
I koʻu lā mua, e hele ana ma mua o kahi hālāwai kūkā pop-up futurist i kapa ʻia ʻo Quantum Leap, pono wau e hele a puni i kekahi mau kāne home ʻole e hiamoe ana i ka lā baking. He mau iwilei ka mamao, ma ka laina no ke kofe meaʻai nona ke kumu kūʻai he $20 i ʻike ʻia e ke ʻano hana brewing kūikawā, kūkākūkā nā ʻōpio ʻōpio i kā lākou uku hoʻomaka aʻo kahi wahine ʻelemakule i ʻaʻahu ʻia i nā ʻeke plastik ʻeleʻele, "Pehea ʻoe?" ʻaʻohe kanaka. Huhū maoli ka poʻe San Franciscans i ka wā e haʻalulu ai ka poʻe malihini kipa i ko lākou kūlanakauhale. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻo ia ka mea mua āu e ʻike ai. Ke maʻa ʻoe i ka ʻike ʻole - no ka mea, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke inu i kāu kofe a hoʻomau i kou lā - he pilikia ʻokoʻa kēlā.
Aia kekahi mea weliweli e pili ana i ka cybertopia bourgeois o Start-up City, nā doodah hi-tech āpau a me nā mea lele lele. ʻO ke alanui Valencia kahi e hele ai nā hipsters maikaʻi ke make lākou. Nui nā ʻīlio liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole nui nā keiki liʻiliʻi. Aia nā hale paʻakai kiʻi, nā hale kūʻai "destination" a me nā hale kūʻai ʻono kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i nā ʻano mea hana loea no ka nalo ʻana i kou kua, a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe. Nani mau ka lewa, he pūnāwai mau loa i ka hopena o ke anuanu ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻaʻahu i kou ʻaʻahu nani loa.
He mea liʻiliʻi ʻo Pleasantville - inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e haʻalele i ka poʻe ʻakaʻaka, nā mea hoʻohui a me nā mea hana huhū. ʻO ia ke ʻano o ka haʻalele ʻana e pono ai ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa. "Ma ke kaona o SF e hōʻuluʻulu ʻia ka poʻe degenerates e like me nā hyenas, kuha, urinate, hoʻomāʻewaʻewa iā ʻoe, kūʻai aku i nā lāʻau lapaʻau, hana ʻino, hana lākou e like me ka mea nona ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale," i kākau ʻo Greg Gopman, he Luna Nui o ka hoʻomaka mua, ma kāna pā Facebook Dekemaba i hala. "ʻAʻohe mea maikaʻi i loaʻa mai ka pili kokoke iā mākou." Ua pane aku kekahi o kona mau hoa he mea hilahila ka noho ʻana o ka poʻe home ʻole i ka wā e "manaʻo ʻia mākou he utopia ʻālohilohi o ke ʻano o ke kūlanakauhale".
Aia ka hapalua miliona o ka poʻe home ʻole i ka wā lōʻihi ma US, a he hapakolu o lākou e noho ana ma Kaleponi. Ke ʻeha mau nei i ka wehe ʻana i nā keʻena olakino noʻonoʻo i nā makahiki Reagan, ʻike pinepine ka poʻe ʻaʻohe wahi ʻē aʻe e hele ai i ke kaona o Kapalakiko, me kona wā maikaʻi - ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻike lākou iā lākou iho i SoMa a me ka Tenderloin, kahi o nā mea he nui. ʻo nā mea waiwai ʻole i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ko lākou mau pono.
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ʻO Howard Street, kahi aʻu e noho nei, he nui nā hōkele a me nā hale hoʻokipa aloha. Ahu ke alanui i ka lepo; ʻO ka nele o nā halepaku lehulehu he pilikia mau ia, a ʻo ka nui o ka poʻe home ʻole ma ia wahi ʻaʻohe koho akā e hoʻomaha iā lākou iho ma ke alanui. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao e pili ana i nā hale noho moe ʻo Startup House, kahi hale hana ola kaila kahi e hiki ai i nā poʻe ʻenehana ʻenehana manaʻolana mai waho o ke kūlanakauhale ke hoʻolimalima i kahi moena moe no ka ʻoi aku o ke kumukūʻai o ke keʻena ma nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika. Ma luna o nā pule ʻelua, nalowale wau i ka helu ʻana i nā manawa aʻu i ʻōlelo ʻia ai, ma ke ʻano he wahine keʻokeʻo liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole e hele wale ma ke alanui; aia ke ʻano o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa like ʻole, o nā kaiāulu like ʻole, me ke kumu nui a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi, hiki ʻole ke nānā aku i kekahi i kekahi.
ʻO kahi aʻu e noho ai, he hale kūʻai hou i piha i nā mea pena kiʻi a me nā keiki hoʻomaka, holomua lākou āpau, nā mea ʻē aʻe i ʻoi aku ka ʻē aʻe i ke kaona kahi o ka lauoho kala anuenue, veganism a me ka leʻaleʻa i nā mele e kani ana. ʻaʻole i manaʻo nui ʻia. He ʻoi aku ko lākou like ʻana me aʻu, he mea hoʻolaha haole mai nā kaukani mile ka mamao, ma mua o ko lākou mau hoa noho. ʻIke au iā lākou (pehea ʻē aʻe?) mai ka pūnaewele, a pilihua paha lākou i ka lohe ʻana i kekahi e wehewehe iā lākou he mau keiki ʻoluʻolu - e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe o kēia kūlanakauhale, ʻike lākou iā lākou iho he poʻe ʻē aʻe, he poʻe i hakakā ikaika e ʻimi i kā lākou wahi i loko o kahi honua ʻino a ʻino. Ke hakaka nei lakou.
ʻAʻole miliona koʻu mau hoaaloha akā ʻo kekahi o kā lākou mau hoaaloha, a ke ʻimi nei lākou a pau i ka loaʻa kālā kūpono e noho ai i ke kūlanakauhale kahi i noho ai kekahi o lākou mai ko lākou hānau ʻana. ʻO ka hapalua o lākou e holo pū ana i kahi hui hou ma o Y Combinator, ka mea hanohano loa o nā "accelerators" hoʻomaka e hāʻawi i ke kumulāʻau hua i nā ʻoihana hou a kōkua i ka hoʻomaka ʻana iā Airbnb, Dropbox a me Scribd, me nā haneli o nā hui ʻaʻole i loaʻa. hana miliona.
Loaʻa iā Bay Area kāna ʻōlelo ʻōlelo ponoʻī; ʻo ka pinepine o ka poʻe e hoʻohana ai he hōʻailona kūpono ia o ka nui o ke Kool-Aid a lākou i inu ai. ʻO ia kahi huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, e like me ia; i ka wā o ka ʻenehana loea hope loa, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka huaʻōlelo "E inu i ka Kool-Aid" e nā limahana dotcom e paipai ana kekahi i kekahi e noho i ka pāʻani, kahi kuhikuhi i ka pepehi kanaka ʻo Jonestown a me Tom Wolfe. Uila Kool-Aid Acid Test. Ma Kapalakiko o ka moʻolelo, ka mea aʻu i ulu ai i ka heluhelu ʻana, ʻo nā lāʻau lapaʻau he waika, ka wahine a me ka mauʻu. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe poʻo o ka poʻe hana kiʻi i ka calamity capitalism a me ke kofe pipiʻi loa.
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"E hana i kahi mea e makemake ai ka poʻe", ʻo ka slogan Y Combinator, ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ʻole o Startupland. Ma Folsom a me Ninth, ma hope o kahi puka hale kūʻai nondescript, ʻo Heavybit - kahi incubator hoʻomaka e mālama ana i nā hui hānau hou e hoʻolālā ana i nā widget a me nā gizmos kilokilo pololei mai waho. Star Trek. ʻO "Incubator" ka hua'ōlelo kūpono; ʻO kēia kahi hānai mālama koʻikoʻi o Bay Area capitalism, kahi e mālama ʻia ai nā keiki hoʻomaka e nā kumu aʻoaʻo a me nā mea hoʻopukapuka a mālama mau ʻia me ka hoʻolako mau ʻana i nā kofe a me nā meaʻai.
ʻO ka poʻe ʻōpio e hana nei ma ʻaneʻi he ʻano, lehulehu, hauʻoli. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia iaʻu e haʻi iā ʻoe i kā lākou mea e ulu nei. I koʻu nīnau ʻana, hoʻokūkū kekahi mau mea ʻenehana lako e hana i nā mea a lākou e hana ai: "ʻO ka papahana hānau unicorn mua o ʻAmelika!" "Instagram no nā pōpoki!" "He mea hoʻoikaika kino no kāu hoaaloha ʻike ʻole ʻia!"
ʻAʻole nā keiki keʻokeʻo a me nā kāne ʻAsia i ka iwakālua a me kanakolu, akā ʻo ia ka mea a mākou e kamaʻilio nei. ʻO ke kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i ke kumu i uku ʻia ai ka ʻenehana boom i kahi kikoʻī kikoʻī, ʻike nui ʻia i nā wahi āpau ma Kapalakiko, i nā hale ʻaina a me nā kaola a me nā blogs a me nā hoʻomaka nūpepa i heluhelu ʻia e ke kiʻi, a ʻo nā kumu i hāʻawi ʻia e like mau: 'a'ole e a'o i ka ho'opa'a 'ana, 'a'ole waiwai ka 'ohana 'ele'ele a me Hepanika i ka ho'ona'auao ma ke 'ano like. ʻO ka kūleʻa o Tech e like paha me ke kanaka keʻokeʻo nerdy i loko o kahi hoodie - e like me ka mea hoʻokumu Facebook, ʻo Mark Zuckerberg. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ʻo kēlā me kēia bazillionaire ʻo Bay Area he kanaka keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo waena i loko o kahi hoodie, akā lawa ka nui o lākou he mea hōʻoluʻolu ʻole ka papa, ke kāne a me nā ʻokoʻa lāhui, ʻoiai inā he mea hou ʻoe ma ke kūlanakauhale.
ʻO SoMa ka Wall Street of the Twenty-Teens, i noho ʻia e ka poʻe kapena ʻoihana a me nā mea ʻōpio i ʻaʻahu maikaʻi ʻia, ʻoiai ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka hoodie ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi ma mua o ka lole. Ke hele nei ka poʻe ʻōpio akamai i ka ʻenehana e like me kā lākou i hele ai i ka panakō - no ka mea, ua ʻōlelo ko lākou mau makuahine iā lākou e hele i ka pō a loaʻa kālā.
"ʻO kēia ʻano hou, ʻaʻole lākou he hackers," wahi a Jamie Zawinski, ka mea i haʻalele i ka ʻoihana ʻenehana e holo i ka DNA Lounge, kekahi o nā wahi mele kaulana loa ma ke kūlanakauhale. "ʻAʻole ma ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maoli o ka ʻōlelo. ʻAʻole lākou hoihoi i ka wehe ʻana i nā mea, i ka ʻimi ʻana, i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā mea. Ua komo lākou i kēia laina o ka hana no ka mea ua haʻi kekahi iā lākou he ʻoihana maikaʻi ia, a he mea hoʻopailua ia - a ʻo ia ke kumu ʻaʻole wau e hana hou."
ʻO Zawinski kekahi o nā mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā Netscape, "ka polokalamu kele pūnaewele mua loa i koʻikoʻi", a ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kumu hoʻohālike o kahi ʻenehana i hana e mālama i nā ʻano ʻano ʻano ʻino o Kapalakiko a me ka hula, ma mua o ka puka ʻana me kāna puʻu.
"Makemake au i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā mea, pehea e hiki ai i ka ʻenehana ke hoʻololi i ka honua a me ke ʻano o kā mākou launa pū ʻana me kekahi, a pehea e hiki ai i kēia mau prosthetics liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a lākou e kūkulu nei ke hoʻomaikaʻi i kou ola," wahi a Zawinski. “Makemake lākou i ke kālā. He kanalima pākēneka o kā lākou kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i ke kālā. Manaʻo wau ʻaʻole maopopo lākou. He hemahema koʻikoʻi o ka noʻonoʻo.
Pumehana ʻo ia i kāna kumuhana. “ʻO ia wale nō ke kamaʻilio ʻana o kēia poʻe fuckers. He mea hoʻopailua. Ke nānā nui nei lākou i ka loaʻa kālā ʻana a me ka loaʻa kālā, ʻaʻole i kūkulu maoli i kekahi mea maoli, e hana ikaika wale ana e loaʻa. Ua loli kēlā ma kahi o '97, '98, akā ua pōʻino loa ia ma kahi o ʻehā makahiki i hala. ʻO ia ka lua o ka ʻōhū.”
ʻElua mea i ʻike ʻia e kēlā me kēia keiki e pili ana i nā ʻōhū: nani lākou, a pohā. I kēlā me kēia manawa, haʻi ʻia iaʻu ʻo Kapalakiko he "puʻupuʻu" - e pili ana i ka nani, insular never-neverland kahi e noho ai a pāʻani ai nā limahana o ka ʻenehana o ke kūlanakauhale a me nā ʻoihana pili a me ka boom hoʻokele waiwai i hoʻoulu i nā makahiki momona. . Hoʻomanaʻo ka poʻe i puni i nā makahiki he ʻumi a ʻoi aʻe i ka mea i hana ʻia i ka wā i paʻa ai ka dotcom bubble o nā makahiki 1990: nui ka poʻe i nalowale i kā lākou mau hana a me nā home, a ua iho nā kumukūʻai hoʻolimalima ma ke kūlanakauhale, akā ʻaʻole nui. ʻOi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o nā hoʻolimalima ma mua o ka wā ma mua - piʻi aʻe ma mua o ʻekolu manawa ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka awelika aupuni - a ʻoiai ʻo nā ʻoihana intra-industry o ke kānāwai kānalua e hoʻomau i ka uku ʻenehana, ʻaʻole lākou e hōʻike i kahi hōʻailona o ka hāʻule ʻana.
Ua pololei ʻo Zawinski: ʻoi aku ke koʻikoʻi o ke kālā ma mua o ka hui ʻōpio holo wikiwiki o Kapalakiko. Akā inā ʻoe i noho i ke kūlanakauhale pipiʻi loa no nā yuppies ma ʻAmelika, kahi āu e makemake ai i kahi uku $70,000 e uku wale ai i kāu mau aie a hoʻolimalima, hopohopo paha ʻoe no ke kālā.
"Makemake mākou e loaʻa kālā no ka mea ma ʻaneʻi, pono mākou," wahi a kekahi mea paʻi kiʻi e hana nei ma ke ʻano he ʻenekinia ma kahi hoʻomaka, a no laila hiki ke loaʻa i ka ʻaina awakea. "Ma ʻaneʻi, ʻo Kapalakiko wau, akā ʻo ʻAmelika pū kekahi. Ua hauʻoli ko mākou hanauna. ʻAʻole loaʻa iā mākou kahi palekana, ʻaʻohe o mākou hoʻomaha, ʻaʻohe mālama kālā, ʻaʻohe palekana hana.
ʻO ka poʻe ʻōpio e komo ana i ka ʻoihana ʻenehana i kēia lā he hanauna i makemake ʻole i ka waiwai, akā makemake nui lākou e hiki ke loaʻa kahi kūlana kūpono o ka noho ʻana me ka ʻole e pale i kona noʻonoʻo ʻana i ke aniani i kēlā me kēia kakahiaka.
"ʻAʻole e lilo ka hapa nui o mākou i ka 1 pakeneka," wahi a ka mea paʻi kiʻi. "Ke manaʻo nei mākou i ka 10 pakeneka, hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa ke ʻano o ko mākou mau mākua. Ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e hele ma kahi honua ʻaʻole e hāʻawi iā mākou i nā manawa like i loaʻa i nā pēpē boomers. He aha kaʻu i hana ai ma ke ʻano he mea pena? Ua hele au a loaʻa ke kēkelē ʻenekinia.
I kekahi manawa ke make ʻoe i ka make wai, pono ʻoe e inu i ka Kool-Aid.
Inā ʻo ka ʻoihana ʻenehana i kēia lā ka ʻoihana kālā i nehinei, aia kekahi ʻokoʻa nui. Ma ke kālā, ʻo ka loaʻa kālā ka manaʻo, a me ka hopena o kēlā manaʻo. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa, ʻo ka hapa nui o ka ʻenehana ʻenehana e alakaʻi ʻia e kahi ethos i liberal, a i ʻole libertarian holomua - manaʻo ʻia e pili ana i ka hana ʻana i nā mea, wāwahi i nā mea, hoʻokūkū i ka mana maʻamau a me kāna monopoly ma luna o ka ʻike. E pili ana i ka haunaele.
Aia kekahi mau helu kūpono o nā anarchists i hōʻike ʻia iā lākou iho e waiho ana i nā kaʻa kaʻa Google i ʻike ʻole ʻia i lilo i hōʻailona maʻamau o ka lawe ʻana o ke kālā tech ma luna o ke kūlanakauhale. (ʻAʻole wau e hele e pili ana iā lākou ma ʻaneʻi, inā e hāʻule wau i ka hewa Kapalakiko Chronicle, akā, ʻo ka pōkole pōkole, ʻo kēia mau kaʻa kaʻa, ka mea nāna e hoʻokele i nā limahana mai ke kūlanakauhale a i nā kahua hoʻomoana o nā ʻenehana pilikua, ua lilo ia i mea nui o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ke kālā hou.)
Aia ma ka puʻuwai o ka ʻoihana ʻenehana San Franciscan he paradox. He paradox ia e pili ana i ka ulu ʻana e pili ana i kona wahi i ka capitalism. ʻO ka hacking, ka ʻenekinia lolouila, ka manaʻo holoʻokoʻa o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka honua me ka ʻenehana kamaʻilio, manaʻo ʻia ʻoi aku ma mua o ke kālā - akā ʻo ke kālā ke ʻano o ka hana no kahi ʻoihana ʻenehana nui i kēia manawa. A hoʻololi ke kālā i nā mea. ʻO "Mai hana ʻino" ʻo ia ka mantra o Google, akā aia kekahi hopohopo e pili ana ka "ʻino", a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, e pili ana iā ia iho i nā hui ʻenehana. Makemake ʻo Google, e like me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe o Bay Area, e mālama i kona inoa maikaʻi; ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia kekahi o kāna mau limahana e kamaʻilio me aʻu ma ka moʻolelo e pili ana i ka gentrification a me ka hopohopo moʻomeheu. ʻAʻole makemake ka poʻe loea e ʻike i ka Misiona i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia mai nā ʻohana ʻilihune. Akā ke hana nei nō naʻe.
Ke ʻike nei ʻo Tech iā ia iho he ʻoihana hoʻomaka e hoʻokūkū i ka mana, ʻoiai ua lilo ia i mana. ʻIke ʻo ia iā ia iho he kahua o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ke kumu paʻakikī i ka poʻe ʻenehana ke hoʻomaopopo i kēia manawa ʻo lākou ka poʻe i loko o ka pono i huhū ʻia e nā mea pena kiʻi a me nā kaiāulu kala. ʻO ka graffito "Techies go home", i kākau ʻia ma ke alahele ma waho o kahi ʻoihana ma Oakland, i hoʻopuka ʻia ma Twitter e kahi mea hana ʻenehana huhū a huhū i wehewehe ʻo ia "i hānau ʻia ma aneʻi".
ʻO ka ulu ʻana o ka like ʻole o Kapalakiko, ua ʻōlelo ʻia he kaua moʻomeheu; ʻoiaʻiʻo, he kaua papa maʻalahi. ʻIke ʻia ka hopohopo moʻomeheu e nā limahana ʻenehana, ko lākou mau hoa a me nā hoaaloha. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻoihana ʻenehana āu e hālāwai ai ma Kapalakiko, hilahila a hoʻopaʻapaʻa i ke kālā, inā paha iā lākou a manaʻolana paha e loaʻa iā lākou, a ke hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻomaopopo i ka hana a kēlā kālā i ke kūlanakauhale a lākou e aloha ai. Ma ka laina no ka kofe ʻoi loa - ʻeā, ʻaʻole au i ʻōlelo ʻaʻole ʻono ka Kool-Aid - haʻi mai kekahi limahana hoʻomaka iaʻu e noʻonoʻo ana ʻo ia e hana i kahi pāʻani wikiō e pili ana i ka gentrification. E pāʻani ana ka mea pāʻani i kahi kamaʻāina e hoʻāʻo nei e kūkulu i nā kula a me nā hale kūʻai kūʻai maʻalahi i ka wā e hoʻokumu ai ka bourgeoisie e hiki mai ana i nā pahu cocktail. He ʻakaʻaka. ʻAʻole i manaʻo ʻia he lokoino.
He palupalu nā pōpō, akā mai waho mai he mea paʻakikī ke haki. Kaʻa au i ke kūlanakauhale me koʻu hoaaloha ʻo Meredith, kekahi mea pena e hakakā nei e noho lana ma Kapalakiko. “Ma ke kālā, hoʻopau wale kēia kūlanakauhale i ka poʻe noʻonoʻo ʻaʻole nui ke kālā e kākoʻo ana i kā lākou ʻoihana. ʻO nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hustling mau i ka wā e haki ai. " ʻO kāna sublet i kēia manawa - kahi lumi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi me ka lumi kuke ʻole ma ka hale waʻa ma Sausalito, no $ 600 i ka mahina - ua piʻi i loko o 30 mau lā. ʻAʻole naʻe ʻo ia i ʻike i kahi e noho ai. "ʻAʻole au i ʻike inā e noho wau."
ʻO Meredith kahi mea hoʻokūkū ma ke kiʻi noʻeau o Kapalakiko, ka mea hoʻoponopono mua o ka makasina lalo Hale Coilhouse, a me ka mea hoʻopaʻa leo ma, o nā mea a pau, theremin. "Ua lōʻihi koʻu manawa e nānā ana i ke kūlanakauhale mai kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke alahaka," wahi āna. "Hoʻohana nui au i ka manawa e manaʻo ai ua like wau."
ʻAʻole ʻo nā mea pena kiʻi wale nō ka poʻe i paʻa i waho o kēia "utopia gleaming". Ua haʻi mai ʻo Raquel Donoso, o ka Latino Community Foundation, "ma kahi o 40 pākēneka o nā ʻohana Latino ʻaʻohe kamepiula a me ka pūnaewele ma ka home. ʻO Palo Alto Hikina. Aia kēia ma ke awāwa ʻo Silicon, kahi e loaʻa ai nā manawa kūpono a me nā kālā kālā. Ke nalowale nei ka poʻe i kā lākou mau hana a ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa ka ʻinikua hana ʻole, no ka mea aia nā mea āpau ma ka pūnaewele. Ua paʻa ko mākou ʻohana i waho o kēlā ao. "
ʻAʻohe hewa o ka hana ʻana i nā mea a nā kānaka e makemake ai. ʻO ka pilikia, ʻo ke kanaka a me ka makemake e kaohi ʻia e ke kapikala; pili ke kālā i ka mea i makemake nui ʻia. Makemake paha nā keiki ma Startup House i kahi drone delivery pizza, akā ʻaʻole like me ka makemake o nā ʻohana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i ka mālama olakino, a i ʻole ka poʻe ʻelemākule e moe ana i loko o kā lākou mau faeces ma Howard Street makemake i kahi palekana e hiamoe ai. ʻAʻohe hewa o ka hana ʻana i nā mea a nā kānaka e makemake ai. ʻO ia wale nō ka liʻiliʻi o ka nānā ʻana i nā mea e pono ai nā kānaka.
ʻO nā makemake a me nā pono o ka poʻe ʻōpio, olakino, waena o ka papa waena me nā pilina a me ka nui kūpono o ke kālā hoʻokaʻawale ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia i waena o nā mea nui o Start-up City. ʻO ka mea hoʻokahi, ʻo ia nā pilikia me nā hoʻonā e kūʻai aku. No kekahi, hāʻawi ʻia i kekahi mau miliona kālā a me kahi hui o semi-geniuses, ua maʻalahi kēlā mau pilikia e hoʻoponopono. ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka nohona pili kanaka a me ka racism systemic - a ma laila ka ʻenehana ʻenehana, a hiki i kēia manawa, kiola i kona mau lima.
“ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hana i kekahi mea e pili ana iā ia” ʻo ia kaʻu e lohe ai, i kēlā me kēia manawa, mai nā ʻelele ʻoihana a me nā mea waiwai. A ʻaʻole - ʻaʻole hiki i nā kānaka ke hana nui ma kahi o 30 mau makahiki o nā kulekele hale weliweli a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka ʻauhau e pale ai i ka hoʻoili ʻia ʻana o ka waiwai. Akā ʻo nā ʻoihana i ʻoi aku ka waiwai ma mua o nā ʻoihana aupuni he hiki ke hana i kekahi mea.
ʻO Google, i ka pane ʻana i nā kūʻē kaʻa kaʻa Google, ua hoʻolaha wale ʻo ia i kahi hoʻolālā e kākoʻo i ka halihali lehulehu no nā keiki kula. E lilo ana ia i miliona, akā, he snip ia no kahi paʻa i loaʻa $ 16.86bn i ka hapaha hope o 2013. "ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo no ka hiki ʻana mai o ka gentrification, hiki i nā poʻe ke noho i hope a ʻōlelo ʻia ua maikaʻi," wahi a Donoso. "ʻAʻole maikaʻi ke koi ʻana i nā poʻe i waho o ko lākou mau home. Pono mākou e kūkākūkā e pili ana i ke ʻano o ke kaiāulu a mākou e makemake ai e kūkulu a noho i loko, a pehea e mālama ai i kēlā kaiāulu.
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"Hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma hope o 20 mau makahiki", heluhelu i kahi hōʻailona huki lima ma ka puka aniani ma ke alanui Market. ʻO kekahi mau puka i lalo, nā hale kūʻai o ka Pōʻalima Whole Foods - kahi hale kūʻai kūʻai kūlohelohe, ʻo ia hoʻi, he wahi huakaʻi nui hoʻi - e hōʻike ana i nā kiʻi paʻi kiʻi nui o nā mahiʻai mahiʻai ʻakaʻaka ma nā ʻāina mamao me nā kumu hauʻoli e pili ana i ka "hoʻopau ʻana i ka ʻilihune" . ʻO ka ʻilihune he mau kaukani mile ka mamao e hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi me kahi haʻawina liʻiliʻi ma ka hale kūʻai. ʻO ka ʻilihune āu e hele ai e komo i loko o kāu keʻena he mea hoʻopilikia, a laila hilahila, a laila - hope - hoʻonāukiuki.
ʻO ka poʻe makemake o Google a me Twitter e hana nui i kā lākou kūpaʻa i ka philanthropy. Eia naʻe, a hiki i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole i hoʻonui ʻia kēlā lokomaikaʻi i ko lākou kua.
"E noʻonoʻo e pili ana i nā Carnegies, nā Mellons, nā Fords. Ma ʻaneʻi ma ke kūlanakauhale, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Levi Strauss ma aneʻi, "wahi a Donoso. "ʻO kēlā mau ʻoihana āpau i hana maoli i ka philanthropy i ʻāpana o kā lākou DNA a e pili ana i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia kūloko. ʻAʻole wau ʻike i kēlā ma ka ʻāpana [hi-tech]. ʻIke ka poʻe iā lākou iho he ʻoi aku ka honua. "
ʻO kahi hapa nui o ka ʻōlelo a ka poʻe kālai'āina ʻo "ka Californian Ideology" - kahi poʻo nui o ka holomua techno-libertarianism a me ka laissez-faire capitalism - ua hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka nele o ka manaʻoʻiʻo i nā aupuni e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia pilikanaka. "Aia ke kikowaena o ka mana," wahi a Chamath Palihapitiya ka mea hoʻokele waiwai i ka wā o ka pani ʻana o ke aupuni US i ka makahiki i hala, i ka hālāwai ninaninau me ka pūnaewele ʻo This Week in Startups. “Ma kahi i hana ʻia ai ka waiwai ʻaʻole i New York, ʻaʻole ia ma Wakinekona, ʻaʻole ia ma LA. Aia ia ma Kapalakiko a me ka Bay Area. . . Ke hele nei nā ʻoihana i ka mana i kēia manawa. Ke lilo nei mākou i mau kaʻa koʻikoʻi no ka hoʻololi a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana, a me nā hoʻolālā waiwai nui. "
"ʻO kēia ʻano kūʻē i ke aupuni he pilikia maoli a he pōkole i ka ʻaoʻao o kēlā mau ʻenehana e paʻa nei," wahi a Gary Kamiya, he mea kākau moʻolelo a me San Franciscan ola a me ka mea kākau o ka puke alakaʻi. Kulanakauhale Aloha Ahinahina. “ʻAʻole maopopo iā lākou kekahi mau mea maʻamau e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana o ke kaiāulu, e like me ka manaʻo o ka pōʻino o ka poʻe maʻamau - inā ʻo nā mea āpau i waho no lākou iho, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hui pū e hana i nā mea hiki ke hana ʻia ma ka hui pū ʻana. hana."
No ka poʻe ʻoi aku ka pōmaikaʻi o San Franciscans, ʻaʻole paʻakikī ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana o ka techno-capitalism no ka mokuʻāina - ʻaʻole i ka wā e hāʻawi ai kā lākou poʻe hana i nā mea āpau i manaʻo ʻia e ka mokuʻāina e hoʻolako, mai ka halihali a me ka mālama olakino a hiki i nā lumi yoga, wikiō. arcades a me ka lawelawe holoi lole ma ke keʻena. ʻAʻohe kumu e manaʻoʻiʻo ai i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia kūloko i ka wā e moe ana nā hōʻike o ka hemahema o ka hui ʻana i ka lā ma kēlā me kēia alahele.
He aha ke ʻano o ka ʻoihana ʻenehana inā ʻaʻole ia i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ka capitalism? Wahi a Mitch Altman, he mea hoʻokumu a hoʻokumu i ka Noisebridge hackerspace ma ka Misiona, e ʻoi aku ka hauʻoli. "Ma ka hiʻohiʻona hacker ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ka hapa nui e hana nei i nā mea no ka mea manaʻo lākou he mea weliweli - makemake lākou, makemake nui lākou ia mea," wahi a Altman, ʻo ia ke poʻo o ka neʻe hackerspace, kahi pūnaewele puni honua o nā wahi kūʻokoʻa kahi e hiki ai i nā poʻe o nā mea āpau ke hana pū i nā hana ʻenehana, ʻenehana a me nā ʻenehana. "Ke hana ka poʻe i nā mea no ka mea makemake lākou, ke waiho nei lākou i nā mea i loko o ka honua ʻaʻole i laila. ʻAʻole waiwai kēlā me kēia ʻenehana. Ke ʻimi nei kekahi o lākou i nā haneli kālā i kēlā me kēia mahina, a ʻo kekahi poʻe e squatting.
Ua wehe ʻia ʻo Noisebridge mai ka makahiki 2007, a ua waiho ʻia ma luna o kahi taquería i waenakonu o ka Misiona, kahi e hana nei ka gentrification i kāna hana ʻino loa. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o ke alapiʻi he wahi ākea a mālamalama, i hoʻopiha ʻia i nā lāʻau me nā ʻāpana kamepiula arcane, nā kiʻi kiʻi matchstick, nā mea paʻi 3D a me nā poʻe ʻōpio ke nānā aku i ka uea e paʻi me ka leʻaleʻa ma nā kamepiula paʻa he nui. Ua like ia me kahi hiʻohiʻona mai kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni mid-Nineties e pili ana i nā hackers.
"Aia kahi kumu i hoʻomaka ai ʻo Noisebridge ma ka Bay Area," wahi a Altman, nona ka lauoho lōʻihi a hina i hoʻoluʻu ʻia i ka poni a me ka uliuli. "Mai ka Gold Rush he wahi kēia i hoʻokipa ai i nā mea ʻino. ʻO ia kekahi o koʻu makemake iā ia ma ʻaneʻi. He hemahema au a makemake au i ka hoopuniia e na mea kupono ole. ʻO ka poʻe e noho nei ma ʻaneʻi makemake nui lākou e noho ma ʻaneʻi, ʻoiai ʻo ka poʻe e neʻe nei me ka nui o ke kālā me nā hana Google a me nā mea like [no] makemake e noho ma aneʻi.
He nui ka poʻe ma ka Bay Area e manaʻoʻiʻo nei he manuahi ka ʻike, ʻoiai ke kumukūʻai nui o kahi lumi moe ʻelua ma Haight. Aia kekahi mau mea hackers a me nā mea ʻenekinia ka mea mua i ka wehe ʻana i ka uhi mai ke kaiāulu a hoʻihoʻi hou iā ia me ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, a ʻo kēlā mau mea hackers, e like me Altman, "pono ke kaiāulu. Pono nā geeks introverted i ke kaiāulu, a paʻakikī ke ʻimi i ke kaiāulu. He hana paʻakikī mau ia.
ʻO ke kaiāulu ke kī. ʻO nā ʻoihana ʻenehana nui loa ma Bay Area ua hoʻonui i ka waiwai o ke kaiāulu. Mai Google, Facebook a me Twitter a Instagram a me WhatsApp, ke hoʻolilo ʻia nei ka mana o nā ʻoihana e like me nā kaiāulu kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai kēlā mau ʻoihana. ʻO ka mea a lākou e hoʻāʻo nei e hana i kēia manawa - ʻo ka mea a nā mea a pau o ka Bay Area e hoʻāʻo nei e hana - ʻo ia ke ʻano o ke kūkulu kaiāulu. "ʻAʻole ia he kumu hoʻohālike a i ʻole he lula i ʻae ʻia no ke ʻano o ka manaʻo e lilo mākou i lālā o kahi polis," wahi a Kamiya. "He mea ʻokoʻa loa ke kūlanakauhale."
ʻOi aku ka ʻokoʻa o Kapalakiko ma mua o ka nui. No ka maikaʻi a i ʻole ka hewa, ke hoʻouna nei ka papa a me nā hopohopo moʻomeheu o kēia kūlanakauhale i nā nalu a puni ka honua. ʻAʻole ʻo Tech ka mea e hoʻokaʻawale iā Kapalakiko. ʻO ʻAmelika ka mea e hoʻokaʻawale ai iā Kapalakiko - ʻo ʻAmelika, a me ka manawa nalowale e hāʻawi ai i kona poʻe kamaʻāina e kūkulu i nā ola leʻaleʻa me ka ʻole o ka hoʻomāinoino ʻana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka paradox i ka puʻuwai o ka ʻoihana hi-tech, ka hakakā ma waena o ka idealism a me nā inhumanities o ke kapikala, e waiho i kāna hōʻailona ma nā ʻenehana i hoʻoilina i nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.
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