The Descent from Summit Part 1

The day after the Code for America summit I was on BART, holding onto the overhead rail with my forearm exposing a fading but legible temporary tattoo for the whole train to see: “Zoning Laws are Sexy.” There was something so timely about the fading text perfectly illustrating the fleeting nature of our convening. I felt little too earnest on that train. A little too nerdy. But mostly out of place and missing my tribe. Most people don’t think zoning laws are sexy, of course. And it’s in that lonely isolation that many of us go back to do this work.