In his keynote speech at the Joint Venture Silicon Valley sponsored 2013 State of the Valley Conference, Paul Saffo declares the San Francisco Bay Area already is a City-State, “we just need to acknowledge it… and act like it”! [By City-State he means a ‘Region’ within a global governance scheme.] This excerpt is the relevant discussion beginning at minute 18 of the full speech given on February 8, 2013 in San Jose, CA. For full speech, go to: https://vimeo.com/79275332.
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