At the dawn of the 1990s, a band of free-thinking technologists, immersed in the creative zeitgeist of San Francisco, were inventing the contemporary internet. The city would undergo an epic political, social and economic transformation as it claimed the title of tech capital of the world. But as the city’s tech economy roared, a host of urban ills lurked in the shadows: homelessness, drug addiction, mental illness and a dearth of new housing.
In City on the Edge: Technology, Politics, and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco, author Jonathan Weber draws on more than two hundred interviews with mayors, CEOs, activists, investors and artists, tracing San Francisco's meteoric rise as a global capital of technology—and how the very forces that fueled its boom nearly engineered its collapse.
Join us in conversation with Weber as we discuss what San Francisco's turbulent recent history reveals about innovation, inequality and the political rifts reshaping cities across the country.
This event will take place in the Library Program Room at Sunnyvale Public Library. Attendees will receive a free copy of the book while supplies last!
Register for City on the Edge: Author Talk with Jonathan Weber
Like all Sunnyvale Public Library programs, this event is free to attend. For questions and disability accommodations, contact the Library at 408-730-7300 or chat with a librarian.
