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So moving away in the hopes that SV will magically get better while you're away? Doesn't sound like a practical plan.

• smacktoward 8y ago
  The only alternative is the one Mario Savio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Savio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Savio) famously described at Berkeley in 1964: > There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part! You can't even passively take part! And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels... upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop! And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all! The only way change happens is when people go that way instead. But putting your body "upon the gears" is a really hard thing to do; it means a life spent fighting mostly losing battles and foregoing most of the conventional consolations life offers, like family and social acceptance and material comfort. In other words it's asking someone to be a hero, and while I wish we had more heroes, I can't blame anyone for not leaping up to volunteer for the job.
• quest88 8y ago
  I had the same feelings. "I care so much about these things that I'm going to leave and hope it works out!". Let's add another piece to the article: "Well paid tech employees would rather look the other way, some even leaving, instead of putting in the tough effort of making change. But tech employees are used to other people doing things for them. They hire dog walkers to walk their dog, cleaners for their homes, and laundry services to do their laundry. This is silicon valley."