> we're as close (or closer) to the hippies of burning man and esalen I might concede this for SV, but not for the American tech industry as a whole. SV has an

> we're as close (or closer) to the hippies of burning man and esalen I might concede this for SV, but not for the American tech industry as a whole. SV has an outside cultural influence on the rest of us, but even it doesn't dominant in places like NYC, RTP, etc.