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In a comment the author says: > Yes, but the fun part is that out of 100 of these people, one will end up a billionaire, and another will end up setting the cu
by thundergolfer 4y ago
In a comment the author says:
> Yes, but the fun part is that out of 100 of these people, one will end up a billionaire, and another will end up setting the cultural agenda for the next decade
The billionaire bit I get. Plenty of billionaires have come out of the Bay Area and will continue to come out of there. But what does he mean by “setting the cultural agenda”? Who from the Bay Area can claim to have done this, and if nobody yet, why does the author think it will start happening?
- iancmceachern 4y agoSo many... Jerry Garcia Dave Chappell (he says he built his comedic style here) Ansel Adams Francis Coppola Robert Frost Santana Jack London Tupac Tom Hanks Clint Eastwood This is the list I found quickly googling: https://www.quora.com/Who-are-some-of-the-most-famous-celebrities-from-the-San-Francisco-Bay-Area https://www.quora.com/Who-are-some-of-the-most-famous-celebr...
- SantiagoElf 4y agoMetallica :)
- refurb 4y ago"the cultural agenda" seems to overstate things a bit? Maybe "pop culture agenda?" Or "Hollywood agenda"?
- iancmceachern 4y agoJack Frost and Jerry Garcia are by no means pop, or Hollywood. The bay area has impacted our collective culture in deep, meaningful ways for generations. Not in pop, or Hollywood ways, but in deep, meaningful "a path diverges in the woods" ways.
- refurb 4y agoMost young people today don't even know who Jerry Garcia is. Sometimes when you're really close to something you overestimate how important it is.
- iancmceachern 4y agoTrue, but most certainly feel his impact through the folding of his work into the fabric of modern culture. It's not about knowing who he is, but understanding and appreciating his impact on modern culture. There are countless folks like this, economists, city planners, artists, musicians, they all have shaped the modern world we interact with and experience every day but I cannot name most of them by name. There impact is felt nonetheless. Trust me, I'm not overestimating the importance of Jerry Garcia of Robert Frost. I've read only a handful of Frosts works, and am only a casual dead fan. I'm not close to them any more than any other casual consumer of their work. There are whole documentaries on this stuff, I'm just a guy.
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- scotuswroteus 4y agoI take this as a reference to the CIA's use of these parties to find self-proclaimed "super connectors" who run group therapy sessions for powerful people that make things like NFTs happen seemingly overnight. https://www.amazon.com/Superconnector-Networking-Building-Business-Relationships/dp/0738219967 https://www.amazon.com/Superconnector-Networking-Building-Bu... Only kinda kidding.