This seems like a really encouraging initiative. Somewhat tangentially, I also feel like the following ideas would help spread the Silicon Valley fortunes acro

This seems like a really encouraging initiative. Somewhat tangentially, I also feel like the following ideas would help spread the Silicon Valley fortunes across the US better: 1.) Mainstream the idea of prefab housing built in flyover states/cities and transported to the coasts by truck/rail. It seems incredibly promising. Construction workers can work in a comfortable climate controlled indoor environment, work regular hours at a steady pace, no fighting traffic, live in cost appropriate areas. Basically car/airplane building techniques/uniformity applied to houses with built-in limits on how far it can be outsourced to foreign companies (at some point transportation costs start to outweigh outsourcing advantages). Modular developer working with Google with housing built in East Bay/Sacramento: Factory_OS at Mare Island https://vimeo.com/228412494 https://vimeo.com/228412494 Utah based builder: http://www.guerdonmodularbuildings.com/modular-now-marriotts-modular-initiative/ http://www.guerdonmodularbuildings.com/modular-now-marriotts... with a building in San Jose: http://www.palisadebuilders.com/projects/domain/ http://www.palisadebuilders.com/projects/domain/ 2.) FAANG and WeWork should invest in always on, life-size, fiber-to-fiber Telepresence like video conferencing systems that connect dedicated hallways/open office/meeting spaces Silicon Valley to their corresponding spaces in remote offices instead of attempting to do Google Fiber residential installs to a handful of lucky chosen people. Always on means meetings start immediately without fumbling with the meeting configuration UI. Surreptitious hallway meetings can occur. This would actually work really well for offices in the same Pacific Timezone (i.e. Fresno, Gilroy, Bakersfield, Reno, Las Vegas). Here's an example connection between MIT and Stanford. http://tech.mit.edu/V131/N31/wormhole.html http://tech.mit.edu/V131/N31/wormhole.html