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> This topic has been coming up on this site for the past decade. Every time it does there are a lot of people who say Silicon Valley will never be beaten. Per
by Analemma_ 10y ago
> This topic has been coming up on this site for the past decade. Every time it does there are a lot of people who say Silicon Valley will never be beaten.
Perhaps, but another topic that has been coming up on this site for the past decade is, "X is the new Silicon Valley!", and every time it does there are a lot of people who say Silicon Valley is about to be beaten... and it hasn't happened yet. That's not to say it won't ever, but the track record of these predictions since, oh, the mid-1980's is dismal, and I would say they have a heavy burden of proof to show they're not talking out of their asses.
- 20yrs_no_equity 10y agoIt has happened yet. You know what William Gibson says- the future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed yet. There are several X that are the new "silicon valley". you just don't recognize them because your pattern recognition is tuned for the current silicon valley. Several of those predictions, by the way, have come true. Of course if you define "silicon valley" narrow enough you'll never see it. And it seems to me the people in SV do so. (You can always come up with a difference between SV and what ever place and say "see that doesn't qualify") Also, the attitude and smugness of silicon valley is grating, and its' getting worse as your decline deepens.