How does one make sense of SF? We are living through the craziest computing revolution of the last 2 decades....and 95% of the value being created is within a 4-mile radius in SF (h/t @eladgil ) It's just hard to understand....why is the concentration so high? What is it about this place? There are good reasons that people will offer...good universities, great companies, talent networks, venture capital yada yada yada But all of that is hard to emotionally understand. I tend to try to answer these questions through my own lived experience. Two things happened this week that brought it home for me. On Wed evening, two GOATS of the design world (@soleio and @rsms ) did a design talk at SPC. I saw some other GOATS at the talk (@aaron_ , @benbarry ) And you realize that these GOATS are just so curious about the world. They just want to build and learn. And give back. And with an air of humility and passion. It's so so cool and inspiring. And then this week we had someone release a mind-bendingly amazing demo of every pixel being generated. xitter.cf/zan2434/status/2046982… People were blown away but @eddiejiao_obj and @zan2434 had been jamming creatively for a bunch of time @spc . And in that entire time, they were surrounded by a culture and environment and ecosystem that says "that is crazy but my god, if it works, then what could happen" There is wonder, amazement and curiosity. And passion. I wish this city were cleaner and better governed (but Dan Lurie is crushing). We are so lucky to be surrounded by weirdos who love to build. This is why we are who we are.