Arrogance and hypocrisy I think are the biggest signs. SF, SV, CA generally I think, lecture the world on morality and politics. They push their innovations on

Arrogance and hypocrisy I think are the biggest signs. SF, SV, CA generally I think, lecture the world on morality and politics. They push their innovations on the rest of the world for an enormous profit, and use their innovations to push their own ideological agendas. And I would say a very small amount of those profits are used for the betterment of man-kind. The arrogance is clearly seen in the "we are always right" air that tech companies have. Their press releases talk down to people. Their pontificating on world events - as if being the first to come up with yet another CRUD app and receive $1b in VC money for it, suddenly makes you a moral authority - is sickening. They lament the state of the homeless, while living in mansions. They lament the plight of refugees, while taking in none. They lament the plight of minorities, while thinking the problem is solved by just hiring more of them. They wage war on authoritarian governments, while implementing authoritarian rules over their own platforms. They argue for fairness, while evading taxes. They argue for privacy of their own affairs, while violating the privacy of yours. All in all, the entire area reeks of arrogance and hypocrisy. Babylon, Greece, Rome, England, America (more broadly in the 20th century) - they were all the same at their height. The reign of the technocracy in CA has reached its zenith and will soon be in decline. COVID has popped the bubble. And we will all be the better for it.