ERIC KLINENBERG is the Helen Gould Shepard Professor in the Social Sciences and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. He is the co-author of the No. 1 New York Times el más vendido Modern Romance and author of Palaces for the People, Going Solo, Heat Wave, y Fighting for Air. He has contributed to El neoyorquino, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Wired, and This American Life. He lives in New York City.