Tensegrity is an excellent visual metaphor. Each point on the globe has both tension and attraction to other points. When that balance of forces changes, the order falls apart. 
https://twitter.com/panalysisblog/status/1450552697086750723
This is how I thought about the collapse of SF. Rubber band tension between two forces, till one of them suddenly went to zero. Tensegrity is an excellent visual generalization of this concept, to multiple forces and multiple points simultaneously.
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1446182876215582721
This was my mental model for what would happen after SF falls, as well, even before the pandemic. Startup cities would rise — like Miami, but also like Prospera and Culdesac.
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1216773910534021120
Actually doing out explicit force diagrams is a useful way to think about the state of the world, and disaggregate mental models into a literal sum of forces.
You can't quite apply Newton's laws, but you can at least isolate points of disagreement.
You can't quite apply Newton's laws, but you can at least isolate points of disagreement.
In the case of SF, repulsive forces were clearly building (crime, filth, prices, etc), but financial appreciation, collective inertia, and lack of Miami/etc held it in place — till COVID just 6 months later.
I think @paulg's thoughts & mine both held up.
I think @paulg's thoughts & mine both held up.
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1141192166800158720
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