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Silicon Valley has a radically different viewpoint and set of priorities than the rest of the world. This discrepancy still has not been exploited to anywhere n
by cirgue 9y ago
Silicon Valley has a radically different viewpoint and set of priorities than the rest of the world. This discrepancy still has not been exploited to anywhere near its full potential.
Edit: To clarify, I think SV is increasingly insular, and there is untapped innovative potential outside the bubble.
- IAmEveryone 9y agoThe singular success of SV might point to some of its values being linked to its success. “Correlation is not causation” doesn’t even apply, because regardless of causality (a->b, b->a, or even x->a && b) it would seem that it’s difficult to have one without the other. It’s also important to note that the high reaches of other creative industries espouse values very similar to those of The Valley.
- jerf 9y agoTimes change. The "SV values" of 40 years ago are noticeably different than the ones of today. Heck there's been a pretty noticeable shift even in the past 5 years. If SV did have the right values for success 20 years ago, I'd at least put out the suggestion that that opens the possibility that it doesn't have the success values today.
- asabjorn 9y agoIt might also mean that the hard work of the people creating interesting things has not yet been outweighed by other negative factors in its environment. The old school hacker culture is very contrarian to the current dominant SV viewpoint due it’s nerdiness and focus on what you can create above all other values.