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Scaling 3: Why companies die, but cities don't

Simplifying Complexity

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The Importance of Diversity in Cities

Jeffrey Sachs: Companies grow quickly, and then stop. But cities which have this super linear behavior - they keep growing. He says that's a good idea to the animal kingdom, cities and companies. The typical trajectory of a company is it might start with a wider dimensionality but very quickly in narrows.

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