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'In short, Silicon Valley’s problem is sameness, stupid — and in Ms. Powell’s telling, we are not going to get a better, more responsible tech industry until we
by olivermarks 8y ago
'In short, Silicon Valley’s problem is sameness, stupid — and in Ms. Powell’s telling, we are not going to get a better, more responsible tech industry until we get a more intellectually diverse one.'
Can't argue with that. Pretty concerned about the impact of the tsunami of Chinese venture money that is going to take this thinking globally, I suspect SV is still kinder and gentler than the rest despite shortcomings...
https://www.ft.com/content/71ad7cda-6ef4-11e8-92d3-6c13e5c92914 https://www.ft.com/content/71ad7cda-6ef4-11e8-92d3-6c13e5c92...
SoftBank: inside the ‘Wild West’ $100bn fund shaking up the tech world
(The Vision Fund is changing the rules for investing but will its whirlwind decision-making lead to bad bets?)
- skrebbel 8y agoI'm no expert, but you're calling SoftBank money Chinese - aren't they a Japanese firm mostly funded by Saudi oil money?
- olivermarks 8y agoYes you're right - I typed Chinese meaning Japanese