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I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong

32 points by manveerc 1y ago

ZeroGravitas 1y ago
> Why did the Ayn Rand–loving heroes of tech become Donald Trump’s bootlickers? Is this a trick question?
- dh2022 1y ago
  For me it is not a trick question. I would like to understand the motivation of tech leaders who line at Trump's feet. What is the worst that may happen to them if they would ignore Trump? All of them already have their underground bunkers in islands far away from US.... Is it worth groveling at the White House just for Trump to turn around and take 15% of your sales in tariffs anyway?
  - lazyeye 1y ago
    As is probably the case with alot things, it may not be that Trump is so great, but that the administration before him were so bad when it came to tech policy.
  - grim_io 1y ago
    You don't get to be a billionaire with a feeling of "enough" in your heart.
andsoitis 1y ago
> Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook’s descent into Neo-Nazi madness When you read this in the introduction paragraph, you know the article is going to come with nuance, rationality, and a certain curiosity.
- dh2022 1y ago
  The article delivered all three. It is a good, thought-provoking read.
- zeruch 1y ago
  It did, and that statement is inaccurate only in the fact that it fails to mention that the driver behind the descent was pure self-dealing avarice.
yocoda 1y ago
TL;DR: "I'm disappointed that tech leaders prioritize their own interests and success over my political preferences. I'm now homeless because I mistook the map for the territory. Anyway, Portugal seems nice."
- dh2022 1y ago
  The author does not seem disappointed because tech leaders have a different political preference. The author seems to be disappointed because what he thought was the original ethos of Silicon Valley - competition, innovation, risk, and rebelling against the status-quo - is now replaced by oligopolies, risk-aversion and bended-knees.
  - biolox 1y ago
    ...Something he contributed to with a series of hagiographies.

6 ms·

I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong

32 points by manveerc 1y ago

ZeroGravitas 1y ago
> Why did the Ayn Rand–loving heroes of tech become Donald Trump’s bootlickers? Is this a trick question?
- dh2022 1y ago
  For me it is not a trick question. I would like to understand the motivation of tech leaders who line at Trump's feet. What is the worst that may happen to them if they would ignore Trump? All of them already have their underground bunkers in islands far away from US.... Is it worth groveling at the White House just for Trump to turn around and take 15% of your sales in tariffs anyway?
  - lazyeye 1y ago
    As is probably the case with alot things, it may not be that Trump is so great, but that the administration before him were so bad when it came to tech policy.
  - grim_io 1y ago
    You don't get to be a billionaire with a feeling of "enough" in your heart.
andsoitis 1y ago
> Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook’s descent into Neo-Nazi madness When you read this in the introduction paragraph, you know the article is going to come with nuance, rationality, and a certain curiosity.
- dh2022 1y ago
  The article delivered all three. It is a good, thought-provoking read.
- zeruch 1y ago
  It did, and that statement is inaccurate only in the fact that it fails to mention that the driver behind the descent was pure self-dealing avarice.
yocoda 1y ago
TL;DR: "I'm disappointed that tech leaders prioritize their own interests and success over my political preferences. I'm now homeless because I mistook the map for the territory. Anyway, Portugal seems nice."
- dh2022 1y ago
  The author does not seem disappointed because tech leaders have a different political preference. The author seems to be disappointed because what he thought was the original ethos of Silicon Valley - competition, innovation, risk, and rebelling against the status-quo - is now replaced by oligopolies, risk-aversion and bended-knees.
  - biolox 1y ago
    ...Something he contributed to with a series of hagiographies.