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I understand your point, but established Silicon Valley investors are not the audience I'm trying to reach, or persuade. I would call what I do 'impure trollin
by idlewords 11y ago
I understand your point, but established Silicon Valley investors are not the audience I'm trying to reach, or persuade.
I would call what I do 'impure trolling', since I run an actual business, and have given an earnest series of talks calling for regulations on mass surveillance.
Following in this earnest vein, I live a life of independence and fun, and would like to encourage young technical people to live that life too, rather than wasting their youth in pursuit of a one-in-ten-thousand shot at plutocracy.
- tedmiston 11y agoAs a 20-something startup engineer, I'd love to hear you write a blog post with more on that last bit.
- idlewords 11y agoI gave a talk called "Barely Succeed - it's easier!" where I tried to make the case. There's a video version here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vt8zqhHe_c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vt8zqhHe_c], unfortunately I haven't transcribed it yet.