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 Pi byen vann Modern Romance and author of Palaces for the People, Going Solo, Heat Wave, ak Fighting for Air. He has contributed to Nouvèl Yòkè a, The New York Times Magazine, Woulo wòch, Wired, and This American Life. He lives in New York City.