> Would be nice if it was still libertarian 90s silicon valley (where politics matters a lot less, because you don't want to control anything) It ran up agains

> Would be nice if it was still libertarian 90s silicon valley (where politics matters a lot less, because you don't want to control anything) It ran up against the people who very much want to control things and turned out not to have a plan for that. The dot com boom attracted attention. > but that time is gone. And I think the proponents of that era have moved on as well. The big takeaway for me was that Meatspace Rules Everything Around Me and I ignore it at my peril.