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Last week, our sister site SkyriseCities.com published a long-form overview of Richard Florida's creative class theory, drawing on UrbanToronto's interview with the acclaimed urban theorist late last year.
If there's such a thing as a celebrity in the world of urban theory, Richard Florida is it. In an academic field that seldom reaches the fringes of public consciousness, Florida's CV boasts readable best-sellers, one of the world's most influential Twitter feeds, and a self-help book. Lauded as a leading 21st-century thinker and derided as a “pitchman, an opportunist, an elitist, a sham,” his influence is such that a 2013 MIT study identified him as the world's most influential thought leader. Stephen Colbert identified him as “a gay, bohemian artist who just wants to sell his house.”
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