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"IF YOU'RE an engineer in Silicon Valley, you have no incentive to read The Economist," Wow, "unnamed tech entrepreneur", I strongly disagree. I have yet to f
by brotchie 13y ago
"IF YOU'RE an engineer in Silicon Valley, you have no incentive to read The Economist,"
Wow, "unnamed tech entrepreneur", I strongly disagree.
I have yet to find a news source that competes with the Economist. Just reading a single issue cover-to-cover gives you an unparalleled snapshot of what's going on around the world. They aren't afraid to use technical jargon, and are pretty brutal about the assumed knowledge of their readership.
If I were able to touch only a single thing outside the technology "bubble"; the Economist would be my #1 choice.
Disclosure: I have no current, or prior, relationship with the Economist. I have merely benefited enormously and grown a lot as a person using the knowledge that I've gained reading it (or listening to the audio edition) over the past few years.
- icebraining 13y agoAren't you missing the point a little? The context were incentives in social events; (s)he's saying that unlike in places were reading the Economist might be valued (or even expected) by peers, SV isn't one of them. (Not that I would know)
- arh68 13y ago> If I were able to touch only a single thing outside the technology "bubble"; the Economist would be my #1 choice. You're absolutely right, but that's not the point. The point is (and I'm referencing the New Yorker article) that you don't have to leave the bubble. You can change the world, help people, etc... satisfy all your goals and dreams by pushing forward with the neo-solutionist ignore-all-that-old-crap attitude that Valley companies thrive on. The Economist isn't bad, it just focuses (very well) on the issues of today, which is as good as yesterday when you've got tunnel vision for a brand new future.
- wavefunction 13y agoFinancial Times is better (long-time Economist fan)