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Building a design and tech community in the desert
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Building a design and tech community in the desert

Issue 25: Can we build a Silicon Desert that doesn't ruin the land and people?

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David Hoang
Feb 01, 2021
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Before Gen Z started manifesting, there was alchemy. The medieval forerunner to chemistry is a word that I use a lot pertaining to creativity and design. I believe design is a form of alchemy—in a lot of ways, turning ideas into something of tangible value.

I was on the brink of missing my writing streak of Proof of Concept due to spending the weekend in…

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