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Or just local SF politics… the billionaire/VC obsession with SF politics is very odd and unhealthy from my outside perspective. It could also be related to the
by covercash 2y ago
Or just local SF politics… the billionaire/VC obsession with SF politics is very odd and unhealthy from my outside perspective.
It could also be related to the libertarian utopian startup cities VCs are funding.
- tptacek 2y agoIt's a deeply dysfunctional city with lots of low-hanging-fruit policy changes available, it's surprising there aren't more VC people involved.
- tmpz22 2y agoWhich is why it won't be fixed with a Ruby on Rails app and $10m in venture capital funding in pursuit of a $5b evaluation.
- otterley 2y agoI'm not sure what special skills VCs have that would make their contributions more useful and valuable than those of other contributors. They have a certain perspective around improving the startup business climate, but cities aren't built and operated to serve them in particular.
- tptacek 2y agoI don't think they have any special skills, just that they're concentrated in one of the most dysfunctional cities in the country.
- cinntaile 2y agoMaybe they're part of the problem?
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- tptacek 2y agoI'm not interested in litigating the merits of VCs, I was commenting positively and not normatively on the peculiarly small ratio of engaged financiers to obvious urban dysfunction in San Francisco.
- cinntaile 2y agoI don't know the answer to my question. I just observe that it's a factor that sets San Fransisco apart from a lot of other cities. In my opinion it's worth investigating at least.
- hollerith 2y agoIn my experience, the San Franciscans advocating policies that are clearly misguided (e.g., not prosecuting property crimes) are usually not VCs.
- fakedang 2y agoYou don't need VC level skills, just a healthy dose of common sense pragmatism, something which SF leadership has consistently lacked for decades now.