One thing to keep in mind is that these kind of features articles (describing a new Silicon-X, talking about specific startups, talking about how "the suit is b

One thing to keep in mind is that these kind of features articles (describing a new Silicon-X, talking about specific startups, talking about how "the suit is back", etc...) are almost often being written due to efforts of paid PR agencies rather than through organic efforts of journalists. While pg has written many amazing essays, my favourite is still ``The Submarine'' which describes this dynamic: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html This doesn't negate the argument: whether the conclusion follows from the premises is not contingent on who presents the premises, but it does mean we have to evaluate these kind of articles critically.