“No one’s forcing you to do this. You willingly tie yourself to these leashes. And you willingly become utterly socially autistic. You no longer pick up on basic human communication clues. You’re at a table with three humans, all of whom are looking at you and trying to talk to you, and you’re staring at a screen, searching for strangers in Dubai.” TryingHumansThreeCommunicationPicksTablesStrangerScreensStaringTiesClueAutisticLeashesDubai Author:Dave Eggers
“Dubai was a property bubble. Plain and simple. Go to Dubai and see what happened. It was... what I call it the 'Edifice complex' - it's just, we can grow by putting up lots and lots of buildings and trying to attract people to come here, stay here, and put up offices here and sooner or later, you put up too many.” PeopleTryingGrowsSimpleHappenedBuildingOfficePropertyComplexesBubblesSooner Or LaterEdificePlain And SimpleDubai Author:James Chanos