> there are always complaints about the public transport being way behind the UK/Europe. But they value creators/makers
Those creators cluster around urban centres with good transport. You can’t remote found a battery plant.
I doubt Britain’s salvation is in public transport alone. But remote work doesn’t obviate the need for human infrastructure. (At the very least, it hasn’t been demonstrated at scale.)
Better infrastructure is always a good thing, but I don't see it as a limiting factor. A battery plant is an example of where you need decent infrastructure, that's all. Software is eating the world, that's the industry I'm thinking of.
> Software is eating the world, that's the industry I'm thinking of
Sure. Yet we aren’t seeing a wave of remote-only upstarts pressing their cost and recruiting advantage. (We are seeing massive agglomeration effects in the Bay Area.)
Remember that “software is eating the world” is a quip by a then-financier, no longer coder [1].
Those creators cluster around urban centres with good transport. You can’t remote found a battery plant.
I doubt Britain’s salvation is in public transport alone. But remote work doesn’t obviate the need for human infrastructure. (At the very least, it hasn’t been demonstrated at scale.)