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Get used to it. The tech backlash is just beginning. There are two forces. One is the series of gaffs by Google, FB, and Amazon and the resultant public awaren

Get used to it. The tech backlash is just beginning. There are two forces. One is the series of gaffs by Google, FB, and Amazon and the resultant public awareness of their power. The second is Trump's election. When he set up his initial meetings with business leaders at the beginning of his administration, the tech giants were notably not invited. He sent the signal that they were not part of the real economy. Say what you want about Trump's morals or ineffectiveness, but things like that send signals across a society whether we like it or not. "Greed is good" came from Reagan's election in the 80s. Tech is losing its shine in our culture.

altcognito 9y ago
> When he set up his initial meetings with business leaders at the beginning of his administration, the tech giants were notably not invited. http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/14/technology/trump-tech-summit-silicon-valley/index.html?iid=EL http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/14/technology/trump-tech-summit...
mcintyre1994 9y ago
> When he set up his initial meetings with business leaders at the beginning of his administration, the tech giants were notably not invited. Hmm? https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/14/donald-trump-meets-with-tech-leaders/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/14/donald-trump-meets-with-te... "President-elect Donald Trump met with some of the most prominent executives from the tech industry today at Trump Tower, with investor Peter Thiel and Vice President-elect Mike Pence at his side. Trump opened the meeting with CEOs from Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and others by thanking Thiel for his support." "Attendees included Eric Schmidt and Larry Page of Google, Tim Cook of Apple, Satya Nadella and Brad Smith of Microsoft, Jeff Bezos of Amazon (who expressed his excitement that Trump’s administration could be “the innovations administration“), Safra Catz of Oracle, Chuck Robbins of Cisco and Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook. Thiel’s business partner, Palantir CEO Alex Karp, attended as well." Seems like different sectors just had different meetings? Which meeting specifically were you thinking of?
- golemotron 9y ago
  This one. It was the first one as president. http://www.businessinsider.com/business-leaders-trump-white-house-meeting-2017-1 http://www.businessinsider.com/business-leaders-trump-white-...
FilterSweep 9y ago
http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/01/investing/apple-cash-overseas/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/01/investing/apple-cash-oversea... Your supreme leader will find it difficult forcibly seizing the hundreds of billions of dollars from the current biggest drivers of the economy to get them out of "his" economy.

altcognito 9y ago

> When he set up his initial meetings with business leaders at the beginning of his administration, the tech giants were notably not invited. http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/14/technology/trump-tech-summit-silicon-valley/index.html?iid=EL http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/14/technology/trump-tech-summit...

mcintyre1994 9y ago

> When he set up his initial meetings with business leaders at the beginning of his administration, the tech giants were notably not invited. Hmm? https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/14/donald-trump-meets-with-tech-leaders/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/14/donald-trump-meets-with-te... "President-elect Donald Trump met with some of the most prominent executives from the tech industry today at Trump Tower, with investor Peter Thiel and Vice President-elect Mike Pence at his side. Trump opened the meeting with CEOs from Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and others by thanking Thiel for his support." "Attendees included Eric Schmidt and Larry Page of Google, Tim Cook of Apple, Satya Nadella and Brad Smith of Microsoft, Jeff Bezos of Amazon (who expressed his excitement that Trump’s administration could be “the innovations administration“), Safra Catz of Oracle, Chuck Robbins of Cisco and Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook. Thiel’s business partner, Palantir CEO Alex Karp, attended as well." Seems like different sectors just had different meetings? Which meeting specifically were you thinking of?

golemotron 9y ago
This one. It was the first one as president. http://www.businessinsider.com/business-leaders-trump-white-house-meeting-2017-1 http://www.businessinsider.com/business-leaders-trump-white-...

FilterSweep 9y ago

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/01/investing/apple-cash-overseas/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/01/investing/apple-cash-oversea... Your supreme leader will find it difficult forcibly seizing the hundreds of billions of dollars from the current biggest drivers of the economy to get them out of "his" economy.