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You and I clearly have a different idea of what silicon valley's "major success stories" are. Some non-psychopathic successful individuals: Bill Hewlett, David
by twtw 8y ago
You and I clearly have a different idea of what silicon valley's "major success stories" are.
Some non-psychopathic successful individuals: Bill Hewlett, David Packard, Gordon Moore, Andy Grove, Federico Faggin, Ross Freeman, Bob Noyce, the Varian brothers, Bob Taylor, Jerry Sanders, Wilfred Corrigan ...
It's only in the last 25 years that movie villains have become the norm.
- rajacombinator 8y agoFair enough I’m not familiar with that much older generation. But I think you’re off the mark, it’s more like 35-40 years. The notoriety of the Jobs, Gates, Ellison, and onwards era dwarfs the old school, so I think my charactization is accurate. And I doubt those old school guys were any less ruthless, it’s just how the game works.
- twtw 8y agoGates is very little like the current generation. Even jobs, who is well known for being a jerk, was still very much human and not psychopathic. Compare these guys to Page, Zuckerberg, Musk, Kalanick, Thiel, Kurzweil, ... and all of a sudden they seem very normal.
- twtw 8y agoI would also highly recommend that you become familiar with these "much older generations" before generalizing about Silicon Valley's success stories. It's called "silicon" for a reason, and being unfamiliar with these individuals is pretty disqualifying in terms of being able to say anything about the area and its history.