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A few reasons Tim Ferriss decided to leave SV (his own words)
- gamechangr 9y agoagree or disagree with #5? "Silicon Valley also has an insidious infection that is spreading -- a peculiar form of McCarthyism"
- convolvatron 9y agoidk if mccarthyism is the right analogy. but there is certainly a huge social and career cost to expressing an honest opinion. i'm making alot of money doing nothing, you're making alot of money doing nothing, look at how happy and important we all are, dont make this complicated, its very rude.
- khanjahanzaib27 9y agoNice
- omgbananas 9y agoTexas is very welcoming to people, we just ask that you don't turn Texas into another version of the place you left. Austin and Houston are some very diverse cities, and that's awesome, but the way people vote in those cities could turn Texas into a place that's like the places that people wanted to leave.
- DanielBMarkham 9y agoTrue. It's funny because looking back over 40 or 50 years, SV is a great example of how that happens. Best wishes for my Texas friends. I really liked Austin when I first visited in the late 90s. Visiting again last month, it was still rocking, but distinctly got the feeling that it's well on its way to the same kind of climate that's already pervasive in the valley.
- omgbananas 9y agoDupe? Can someone please link the original then?
- gamechangr 9y agoYeah - op - I sure don't think it's been posted? Sometimes HN blocks articles it disagrees with. Kind of sucks. This is exactly why this conversation is relevant. I get blocking hateful comments, but this a a real conversation presenting real ideas from a recognized and informed observer.