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I don't know why people resort to calling it jealousy, but there does seem to be some tension between SV culture and the media/general public/economy at large.

I don't know why people resort to calling it jealousy, but there does seem to be some tension between SV culture and the media/general public/economy at large. People who work in SV are just like people anywhere else, yet how many times a week is there an article published railing on the culture for not focusing on more important problems like cancer, poverty or something similar? Its almost like SV is the child and everyone else is the "Tiger Mom" triggering the rebellion and resentment.

rayiner 13y ago
> an article published railing on the culture for not focusing on more important problems like cancer, poverty or something similar? So what? People say this all the time. I can't remember how many times I hear this about other fields (oh no, smart kids are going to Wall Street instead of curing cancer). Just sack up, accept the fact that the real money is in areas of the economy that aren't necessarily (at least on their face) the most socially useful (e.g. banking in the case of Wall Street, advertising in the case of Silicon Valley) and that this fact will always rub people the wrong way. People in Silicon Valley are making a lot of money doing whatever it is that they're doing. Do they really need adoring approval from everyone else?