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> The field became flooded with people who didn't care about anything but the money. This is what ruined SF. All the people who made fun of me growing up for b
by azinman2 2y ago
> The field became flooded with people who didn't care about anything but the money.
This is what ruined SF. All the people who made fun of me growing up for being into computers were all of the sudden working at Twitter as a product manager. They don’t give a shit about the craft, potential, OG hacker culture that’s an offshoot of counter culture movement, the history… it’s just let’s monetize the iPhone since everyone has one and I can understand that.
- afpx 2y agoI felt things got to peak silliness when a friend of mine (who had gone on to make a fortune) bought his first $20,000 watch. I mean watches are cool. I'm not a watch hater. But, this was a guy who had never cared about luxury things for all the years I worked with him. I used to get a little jealous of my friends who went to the bay, got connected, and made it big. But, nowadays I feel very, very fortunate to be able to spend the rest of my life being a dilettante - painting, reading, writing, cooking; learning about quantum mechanics, math, cosmology; and watching as Kurzweil's predictions come true. It's bittersweet, but what an amazing experience and time to have lived. When I was kinda depressed a few years ago after I stopped working, someone recommended that I get into 'Web 3.0'. My brother called me yesterday to tell me "it's amazing, man - they figured out how to update websites in realtime because they use blockchain." I'm not joking. lol. The search space has been exhausted.