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I'm disheartened by the power wielded by so few in the American King Making Machine called the Silicon Valley.
by kkotak 8y ago
I'm disheartened by the power wielded by so few in the American King Making Machine called the Silicon Valley.
- r_singh 8y agoand their power and risk ability (affinity?) even affects businessmen trying to run sincere business for profit all the way here in India too
- iamgopal 8y agoBig capital cornering resources is an age old problem. First natural resources, then large factories and now intellectuals. Rising from bottom is getting difficult.
- trhway 8y agoare DC or Wall St different?
- bpchaps 8y agoDoes it matter if they are? The statement stands.
- trhway 8y agoif a thing has generality of a law of physics ... i mean you can't be disheartened by the 3rd Newton law, can you?
- cheschire 8y agoI take it as an offering of deeper perspective, especially to one who is disheartened. This is not the first, and won't be the last, group of successful people who rise to top-tier power through offering to propel middle-class folks into entry-level upper class power at great risk to society. Move fast, break things.
- bpchaps 8y agoAnd I take it as the sort of statement that can apply to literally anything. Chicago, Tulsa, Burbank, Dungeons and Dragons, antique mold collections, etc. It's a silly thing to say on its own.
- toephu2 8y agoWhy? Isn't that the way everywhere else works? I'm not losing any sleep over it.