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Silicon Valley at a Cross Roads: Entertainment or Science?
- jasonjei 16y agoI think the fallacy of this article is that there really isn't a mutually exclusive choice, or "crossroads" as TechCrunch calls it. SV/Palo Alto tends to be centered on the hardcore science, such as hacking file systems and search algorithms, while SF tends to be centered around social media and tools, with a couple in between like Github, which makes Git incredibly more powerful and social. It's ridiculous to think scientific innovation will end in SV. EDIT: I think that it would have helped for the article to talk about how SF has changed from SV.
- apollo 16y agoSarah specifically notes "This is not a zero-sum game. Both waves will find funding," so she agrees with you (despite the headline). I think this is worth talking about though, since Thiel has signaled that Founder's Fund is transitioning to "hard tech" like space/robotics/ai/biotech. I agree with Thiel's assertion that the internet is no longer a contrarian investment.