Tech Billionaires’ Sneaky Plan for an Utopian City Is Already Backfiring
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The tech billionaires who hid behind anonymity and nondisclosure agreements for six years while buying 62,000 acres…
Creating a Utopian City Is Harder Than Tech Billionaires Think
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty Peter Thiel’s floating city in French Polynesia. Elon Musk’s self-sustaining city on…
Utopian City Investors First Tried to ‘Fix’ San Francisco
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty When advocates for minority tenants in San Francisco rallied outside City Hall…
Mayor Hell-Bent on Stopping Tech Billionaires’ Utopian City Plan
City of Fairfield The backlash to a plan by tech billionaires to build a new city in rural California is…
Mystery Group Hasn’t Done Any Homework on Utopian City Project: U.S. Rep
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty When Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) finally met with the mysterious forces behind the…
The Former Whiz Kid Behind Tech Billionaires’ Plan to Build Utopian City
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty The mastermind behind a mysterious plan to build a new city in California…