New York City exemplifies the power of network effects while modern Hollywood is a reminder that they do have limits; caustic rhetoric from Mayor Zohran Mamdani is probably not enough to convince finance execs to leave New York, while Hollywood has seen much of its filmmaking outsourced to neighboring states and foreign countries.

In an article that was written 100% by a human (though proofread by ChatGPT!), this week's on Sharp Text explored why caustic rhetoric from Mayor Zohran Mamdani is probably not enough to convince finance execs to leave New York City (even if they live in Connecticut), while Hollywood has unfortunately seen much of its filmmaking industry outsourced to neighboring states and foreign countries (as David Ellison threatens to relocate Paramount's operations). In brief: New York is a case study in the power of network effects, while Hollywood offers a lesson in the conditions that allow those effects to be broken (and Mamdani exemplifies an irony of the DSA movement, generally).

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